Fisheries committee  It was in 2014.

Fisheries committee  In terms of the pathways, the best approach, I guess—because it's co-management across Canada: DFO and other partners, like the provinces and territories—is to partner with others and to join forces—it's such a big threat—in this knowledge, not only in DFO with the science resear

Fisheries committee  The investment that is done in the sea lamprey program has allowed to reduce by 90% the number of sea lamprey in the Great Lakes. In turn, it has had a very positive impact on the economy—jobs on both sides of the border. That's a very good illustration of how to manage the speci

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  It still exists. What existed in the past, starting in 2005, I believe, was funding for the sea lamprey program as well as research. A colleague from science can comment on that if you wish. What budget 2017 provided to us was funding to do management of aquatic invasive species

Fisheries committee  The science and research work continues. On top of that we have a small management program that we call the AIS national core program. As Philippe indicated, we have representative staff distributed in each of our six regions.