Mackerel in particular is a really sore spot for our members. The fishery has been under a moratorium now for two years. DFO science claims that the stock is in trouble, but we have an enormous amount of evidence that shows that the spawning stock biomass has simply migrated. We have an enormous amount of mackerel around our coast. We have reports being submitted every day of massive amounts of mackerel all around our coasts while DFO science says there's no mackerel around.
If the science were to be done, there would be a huge amount of money that could go back into the province for fish harvesters to support the owner-operated fishery and to give plant workers the extra weeks of work they need as well.