Fisheries committee  Absolutely. All that said, our plan is going to say how long it's going to take us to do it. The level of resources is important in terms of how long it's going to take to close that gap.

Fisheries committee  That's very interesting and it is a challenge. We actually profess and try to say that we will partner with the fishermen and figure out how we're going to manage their fishery through a shared stewardship. However, you end up with very different rules in terms of observer cove

Fisheries committee  The plan that we're working on, which we said will be complete by March 31, is going to have all of that, so I can't speak to what will be in the plan. We are working on the gaps that have been identified, the ones that we really need to address first, the timelines for implement

Fisheries committee  Again, we have focused our efforts. We do have plans in place for all of them. However, we do not have formal, integrated fisheries management plans in place for all of them. In fact, at one point, which was probably in about 2007, we said we were going to keep them evergreen. Th

Fisheries committee  Thanks for the question. Concern about requiring MSC certification is an issue we often hear from some of the harvesters. It's totally up to industry if they want to get that certification, but it really is about the markets and maintaining the markets and the accessibility to th

Fisheries committee  Over the last two or three years, we've heard about individual findings in Toronto Harbour, in the Sandusky River system, in Lake Erie or just out of Lake Erie, so we have done a risk assessment. We did a risk assessment for bighead carp and for silver carp a few years ago. We've

Fisheries committee  Yes. I would say a couple of things. One is on salmon, and you're talking salmon on the west coast, right? We're concerned. We knew there would be a low run last year. There was an expectation that it was going to be a low run, but it was worse than we thought. That said, it's

Fisheries committee  If we're having a challenge with that, we do need to address it. In the case of salmon, it is the most complex and engaging process. We have integrated management plans with commercial harvesters, with indigenous groups, with recreational harvesters. It is an extensive process, a

Fisheries committee  No, those are datasets. Those are a completely different set of things. Do you want to tell him what a dataset is?

Fisheries committee  I actually considered talking about that instead of talking about the report because it is complex. We have something called a precautionary approach framework.

Fisheries committee  You can define a fishery in the healthy zone, in the cautious zone, or in the critical zone. A limit reference point and an upper stock reference point is the point between those areas.

Fisheries committee  There's a scientific basis for establishing them.

Fisheries committee  Thank you. My colleagues and I are very pleased to be here. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today to speak to you. We appreciated the commissioner's report and the analysis of how we can continue to improve fisheries management in order to support fish stock health a

Fisheries committee  We intend to hit the target next year, in 2017, remembering that 2017 starts soon but ends a year from now and a bit, so we are going to hit—

Fisheries committee  Our plan is to hit that target. We're taking it very seriously. It doesn't mean these all need to be formal MPAs. Those extra eight MPAs, which we are working on, including Hecate Strait and Laurentian Channel and St. Ann's Bank—those are the ones we've been working on.... That d