Fisheries committee  I think we have the resources and I think Canada should be inspired by Russia. We had a virtual conference a few weeks ago to look at the results of our two expeditions, and the agriculture minister of Russia welcomed us in our virtual conference. Russia is taking their reduction

Fisheries committee  I will, if someone reminds me.

Fisheries committee  Oh, boy....

Fisheries committee  I think the answer might be yes, but it's going to be a lot longer. There's no question that we could work as an international team if Canada and other countries that produce salmon could find a way of getting scientists to work together. I know the various scientists in the vari

Fisheries committee  Absolutely. If you look at our history, you see that we go back to the seventies, as you pointed out. We started the salmon enhancement program with a commercial catch in Canada of 70,000 metric tonnes. We told Treasury Board there would be 120,000 to 140,000 metric tonnes by 200

Fisheries committee  The short answer is that almost everything was a surprise. Specifically, we found that coho salmon were much farther offshore than expected. We found that pink salmon were at the southern limit of our survey. They should have been the most abundant species, and they were pretty

Fisheries committee  Again, it's a standard audience question. You hear commonly that we can't change the climate and we can't change the ocean so we're going to continue doing what we're doing. It's a tough answer, but in fact you can do something. If we understood the fundamental mechanisms regulat

Fisheries committee  Remember that I'm old and that I retired 10 years ago, but there are good people in DFO, and the work that I've been doing to look at what's regulating salmon abundance in the ocean has been in co-operation with DFO. We have a good working relationship. I'm quite comfortable work

Fisheries committee  Over the last couple of years, a colleague and I have been privately organizing expeditions into the Gulf of Alaska in the winter to actually understand what regulates salmon when they're out in the open ocean. What you just said is that the coastal environment does contain some

Fisheries committee  I'm only—

Fisheries committee  A short answer is that you're right. What we have seen in the research we have done in the last 10 years is exactly what you said: It's the coastal ocean survival that is probably more or less now regulating the abundance of salmon coming back.

Fisheries committee  It's a perfect question; it's a common audience question. Obviously, it's difficult to answer. I suppose what I want to say is that we really need to work together as a team, both within British Columbia and internationally. I think there are things that can be done. Very quick

Fisheries committee  I don't remember saying anything like that. What I am presenting today—hopefully everyone got the message—is that we really need to see a much bigger picture and we need to understand what is regulating the production of salmon in the ocean. After Russia got their unexpectedl

Fisheries committee  Can people hear me?

Fisheries committee  Am I ready to go?