Going back to the first nation word for it, “he only eats the best”, first nations are actually thinking that we may need to call for a cull in some instances of sea otters because they're causing very significant damage.
I wonder if you're aware of another one on the west coast, the Bamfield Huu-Ay-Aht community's abalone project expansion, involving species at risk, federal investment through Fisheries and Oceans with the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, and five west coast universities.
In fact, if I'm not mistaken, Simon Fraser's involved in that as well. With great scientific endeavour, they found a way to raise these very valuable animals at risk in an aquaculture setting. You could stain the shells by feeding them a different coloured kelp, so they could be distinguished from a natural animal and then you sell them.
We lost the program because COSEWIC could not find a way to get their heads around permitting for a species listed as being at risk to allow them to sell it into the market to make the program sustainable. Then you could also release excess animals back into the wild. When they eat the natural kelp, they turn back to a natural colour and they could actually help a species at risk. We lost that program because of a rigid regulatory program. Are you aware of that?