Fisheries committee  In our resource management branch, our areas of jurisdiction have been marine and coastal fisheries, so we haven't dealt with the inland lakes and water bodies. Again, my colleagues may be able to answer that.

Fisheries committee  I'm sorry, I didn't hear the first question.

Fisheries committee  Okay. There are areas that aren't exclusively focused on bottom features, such as corals and sponges—the narwhal example in Baffin Bay.

Fisheries committee  This is an area that I am somewhat familiar with. It doesn't count towards our current area closures, but it is an area that was considered. It's an example of one that was more complicated for a number of reasons. Again, I'm not as familiar with the dynamics of that fishery, but

Fisheries committee  I'm sure my other colleagues are probably more familiar with that. Off the top of my head, I'm....

Fisheries committee  I've had a lot opportunities to hear directly from NGOs and industry. Some of the decisions were challenging from an industry perspective, but I've also heard and participated in discussions where industry was aware of need to do this. At the Boston seafood show, some of them act

Fisheries committee  I'll be very quick. I think my colleague has summed it up. Start from the best available science, and then focus on the ecosystem feature, the objectives for an area that you want to protect, and then work from there on identify the gear types that have a direct impact or that d

Fisheries committee  The Disko Fan is actually in the Baffin Bay area. That's an example of protection that looks at both the narwhal and their food source, and coral in the area as well. It's a multifaceted protection. There's another one in the Davis Strait that does the same, for coral and sponge

Fisheries committee  Based on the best available science....

Fisheries committee  Certainly, it was part of my job to help ensure there was some level of consistency in engaging stakeholders across the country. Every region has a very different perspective and client group when it comes to ENGOs and industry, and management partners like indigenous communities

Fisheries committee  We had a range of stakeholders from across the country from all different communities—indigenous communities, industry groups, recreational harvesters, commercial harvesters, and a range of non-governmental organizations. As my colleague noted, in some cases there were individual

Fisheries committee  Again, I'm not sure on the international side. That would be for my aquatic ecosystems colleagues to answer. Yes, there has been acceptance by a number of the ENGOs on our area closures.

Fisheries committee  I would say that our aquatic ecosystems branch was the lead for the MCT process, so we certainly worked a lot with them to get an understanding of the various issues they've reviewed, including economic impact analysis. I would say that, obviously, resource management has, again,

Fisheries committee  Thank you. As my colleague, Randy, indicated, I've had an opportunity to go cross-country—I think it was four times, the last time I checked—to participate in consultations on the other effective area-based conservation measures, which are under the Fisheries Act. On each occasi