Fisheries committee  —but I will suggest that two important areas have been identified during the course of our work over a number of years: interactions with the environment, as well as disease issues. Those are all interactions between wild fish and aquaculture. We've invested a lot of new money, t

Fisheries committee  Right now, we're spending about—and this was documented by a recent evaluation that is available on the department's website in the transparency section—about $14 million a year on research, which supports research as well as just over a hundred people involved in the research en

Fisheries committee  Just to clarify, is that in terms of the capacity issue?

Fisheries committee  At the time of the audit and with the evidence that the auditors had available to them, in fact, there was a continuing challenge that we faced in working with our colleagues to meet the lab demands of our colleagues at CFIA. The lab network is under my responsibilities. With the

Fisheries committee  I would suggest that, in order to get to this point, it's required a lot of research and input. In fact, in 2015, there was a fairly substantive science advisory process, which had a science response that summarized the knowledge to date around PRV, HSMI and idiopathic heart dis

Fisheries committee  On the risk assessment, we've committed to do 10. We've completed and published one. The next four have just been completed and we're in the process of seeking the lead author's approval. The first one determined that there was no more than a minimal risk. Right now we have not

Fisheries committee  That is an excellent question. Thank you to the member, via the Chair. As I mentioned, the first one is completed and published. We have recently held a peer review on the next four with a set of scientists from inside the department. External experts have looked over the next

Fisheries committee  I think, in fact, there's been a great deal of work done on PRV. What we're seeing now is a very formal, structured risk assessment of the impacts of not just PRV but—

Fisheries committee  Very briefly, as you pointed out, we always welcome more resources to do more science. I think the process we have with working with managers, with stakeholders, to identify priorities means we're putting our money and our energy and the talent of our people where it needs to go.

Fisheries committee  In terms of the new resources, it's hard to parse out a specific share. The reason is that, of the new investment money that's going into, for example, the national aquatic animal health program, which we spoke about, into aquaculture research.... They are all areas, in addition