Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, I think some of these answers were given in some of the other meetings when the ADM of human resources and corporate services was here, meaning that some of the planned spending is based on a given point in time, whereas the actual spending as we approach may be differ

Fisheries committee  Yes, the revised spending.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, I'll answer the last question first. The peer review very definitely goes outside the department. As I mentioned, we bring in academics, we bring in industry, we bring in international experts, if need be, and we bring in other regions. So we very definitely go outside

Fisheries committee  If I didn't say northern gulf cod, I should have. That's what I was referring to.

Fisheries committee  Yes, I was. Sorry.

Fisheries committee  They are located in a lot of different places. There are two or three at Mont-Joli, one in Moncton and two in Halifax, among others.

Fisheries committee  No. Most of the centres of expertise are virtual. The scientists are located in several locations, but there’s a boss. It’s like a network.

Fisheries committee  That’s right.

Fisheries committee  No. The purpose of the centres of expertise is to facilitate research. We don’t do research in Ottawa. The researchers are in the regions.

Fisheries committee  Serge or Savi, do want to respond?

Fisheries committee  I will take a stab at that, and then I'll ask Monsieur Labonté to continue. First of all, thank you for that. We do recognize that fishermen and scientists do need to understand each other and we need to work closely together. We are trying to do that better and will continue to

Fisheries committee  Merci beaucoup, Lucie. Bonjour, tout le monde. Thank you for asking us to be here. I will go through the deck as quickly as I can, and we'll be happy to answer questions afterward. On the presentation, beginning with slide 2, I would just like to give some context as to where