Fisheries committee  I don't think so. For example, in some of the research that I refer to in my document, there was an attempt to look at just the cumulative effects of one specific virus and sea lice. That work was conducted. It found significant interaction between those two pathogens and a significant effect on sockeye.

Fisheries committee  Cumulative effect is a very complicated thing to analyze and come to really strong conclusions, because it's so complicated. We're trying to assess all of the different factors that affect wild fish and how they interact. Once you get beyond one, two or three factors, it gets really complicated.

Fisheries committee  Yes, I go over this in my document, which has a lot more detail and synthesis and the actual specific references. Essentially, we had a federal inquiry that put the onus on DFO to show that salmon farms were of minimal risk. My experience was that there were initially going to be 10 risk assessments.

Fisheries committee  I've worked on salmon farming issues for almost 16 years for Watershed Watch. I believe this case study illustrates an unreported suppression of science by DFO to protect the salmon farming industry at the risk of wild salmon. My written submission includes evidence, e-links and context.