Fisheries committee  Yes. My understanding is that that's been proposed or brought forward to the minister.

Fisheries committee  It isn't easy to navigate. Especially in ecology, the time series and data we have are often very sparse, though we are starting to see good examples of long-term time series available for us to work with and are trying to incorporate them into the models. Often those time series

Fisheries committee  I'm not 100% sure what year it was, but my guess is that it was in the early 1970s.

Fisheries committee  I can attempt to answer your question. The facts that we know about pinnipeds in the Salish Sea are that the numbers have increased since the early 1970s. There may have been around a couple of thousand of harbour seals, for example, and today there may be more like 40,000 or so

Fisheries committee  I can share my reflections on what I'm hearing today, which is that it's very difficult to tease apart cause and effects in situations where we see a lot of correlation. I think scientists and researchers struggle with that, and politicians and managers will be struggling with th

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the committee for the opportunity to be here today. As I understand it, my function here is to provide testimony as an ecosystem scientist. I have expertise in integrative ecology and computer simulation modelling with a focus on Canada's west