Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  Thanks for the question. Early on, when we first initiated this program, we met with industry and agreed that the science wasn't there. We identified a number of key questions that we had to work through to get ourselves informed. The science—you're right—is not perfect. It's n

Fisheries committee  Our advisory working group is a multi-stakeholder group. It includes indigenous individuals, conservation and environmental groups, and I mentioned scientists, the shipping industry. There are different government agencies involved on both the Canadian side and the U.S. side. We

Fisheries committee  I think one of the key benefits is bringing together all of the regional players to work on this issue collaboratively, looking at the ECHO program approaches and the key issues with a combination of approaches, including through education. We developed a mariner's guide and we'r

Fisheries committee  It does. Probably Sonia and Serge are in a better position to answer when it comes to the life cycle of a vessel, but it's in the order of decades to replace a fleet.

Fisheries committee  In the fall of 2016, in particular, when the oceans protection plan was first announced, government was very interested, and we have seen an increase in engagement and understanding. We've all come up to a consistent level of understanding of where we are with respect to—

Fisheries committee  Sorry. What was the first part of the question?

Fisheries committee  Right. We're really focusing on underwater noise and its effects on southern resident killer whales and less so on the strike activity. I think there's a lot more strike risk potential on the east coast with the right whales. Our data is available on our port authority website,

Fisheries committee  With respect to slowing vessels down, as you stated, there's no one size that fits all. Vessels can in fact become louder if they are slowed down, depending on the type of vessel. I know that BC Ferries and other shipping lines have done a lot of research around better understand

Fisheries committee  Thank you for this invitation to appear before you. My name is Carrie Brown. I'm the director of environmental programs at the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. We are the port authority that's responsible for the stewardship of the port of Vancouver, Canada's largest port. Our m