Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question. We certainly do not. In our, I think, collective opinion within the House of Assembly here in Newfoundland and Labrador, we certainly do not need any more studies or any more counts to know the impact of seals on the rebuilding of our groundfish stock.

Fisheries committee  MP Small, we certainly need to look into that and do our part in making sure that we fully utilize and create an industry where we can take the seals and utilize them. One of your previous speakers in the first hour mentioned that, if we create the industry and we create the markets for this product, you're going to find that industry will be jumping on board in order to harvest and to get involved in the sealing industry.

Fisheries committee  Yes. I totally concur with Mr. Hutchings. I think the data speaks for itself, MP Small. When we look at 2J3KL and know that 3.2 million metric tons of fish is consumed by the seals and that we harvest 250,000 metric tons, that's 12 times that much. If you really want to double our food production by 2040, then we're really going to have to look at who is harvesting and taking the fish and the resources out of our waters and our ecosystems.

Fisheries committee  Thank you for the opportunity, Chairman McDonald and the committee, to address you today. It was good to see you, Mr. Chair, in the House of Assembly the week before last. Today, I would like to make three points. First, let me begin where I must, which is by discussing the issue of jurisdiction.