The national seafood programme states "the targets for increased productive capacity for salmon will now have to be deferred until after 2013 as a result of the amendments made to this Programme" until such time as the sea lice issue has been satisfactorily resolved. A senior official in the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has made it very clear that, as far as the Department is concerned, there has been no resolution of the issue. At the joint sub-committee on fisheries last week he said: "What we have suggested is an independent review of all the scientific data from both sets of stakeholders, which would allow for some level of accord among stakeholders."