Fisheries committee  Thanks for the question. I would say, no, I haven't personally. I don't know, within the nations I represent, if we have had those conversations. We would definitely be open and willing, if we had the contacts to be able to have some conversations.

Fisheries committee  I think everybody benefits. As my colleagues mentioned, the communities that have relied on these resources since time immemorial...definitely.

Fisheries committee  It feels like the latter, for sure. The industry definitely provides a lot of their input into management to maximize the number of fishing days and the opportunities that are there to their fisheries. Yes, I would say it's become more focused on the economic opportunity than on conservation.

Fisheries committee  I would say it's more so the species and the ecosystem, if it's going unreported.

Fisheries committee  For the resources, I wouldn't say that. What I would say is that, as I mentioned in my opening comments regarding the opportunity for comanagement—and I believe some of my colleagues online referenced traditional knowledge—if we try to bring in more traditional knowledge from people who have survived in these territories off of these resources and try to bring some alignment between that and DFO's approach to management currently, perhaps there may be some success going forward into the future.

Fisheries committee  I'll give a rebuttal to the question, Mr. Chair. Are the resources being directed in the right way? Is the approach to management being—

Fisheries committee  I wouldn't say I have advice on how to allocate dollars to your managed programs—

Fisheries committee  Not currently.... Regarding any minor areas, perhaps some of my colleagues may have something to say.

Fisheries committee  I believe they've used some training dollars in the past, and obviously some of the contributions to salaries, to staff, contribute to some of that effort.

Fisheries committee  Yes, I believe the information is shared on our end.

Fisheries committee  You're asking if the department is putting too many resources into protection and enforcement?

Fisheries committee  That almost feels a bit loaded.

Fisheries committee  Thank you. Again, I'm fairly new to my position at CFN, but I've worked for the Haida in the past. I can elaborate a bit on what the Haida do in Haida Gwaii. If the commercial fishers are coming in, typically the guardians will attend the off-load, and they'll record the catch that's coming in.

Fisheries committee  I would say that it is the objective of the comanagement agreement under the fisheries resources and reconciliation agreement that we recently signed with our nations and the Department of Fisheries, but we haven't seen it play out fully yet today. There's one example that I would give, but it's restricted to an indigenous-only fishery.

Fisheries committee  For enforcement, I think nations that perhaps have the aboriginal fisheries strategy agreement in place are provided a small amount that supports their guardian programs, or whatever title their field staff use. It's more of a monitoring process. I wouldn't call it “enforcement” at this stage.