Madam Chair, we will stick to small fish. It will do me good to speak about something other than capelin, but I will come back to that.
What statistics did the department use to make its decision to suspend mackerel and herring fishing? Does the department have data from fishers outside Quebec? The fishers in the pelagic fishery in Gaspé say they are pretty much the only ones to report their catches. What does the minister think of the fishers' statement?