Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to the minister for attending.
I'm sorry I was late this morning.
Of course, as you know, I'm from the west coast, and I have had a lot of concerns brought to me by fishermen lately. They are very concerned about the prospects for going fishing this summer. Of course, they are ever hopeful. I am wondering if you can tell me, this committee, and fishermen in general what the prospects might be for fishing.
On the west coast we've heard of closures and first nations sharing of fish. We understand absolutely about conservation and the need to take those measures when we have low levels of fish. We've also heard about the collapse of the U.S. fish and the closure in California. And that has a lot of people wondering what is happening in our waters.
Maybe you could just share with us where we're at in terms of those kinds of closures.