In 2006, the economic opportunity first nations fishery harvested about 10% of the total commercial catch in 2006, and that's with a run size of nine million. The food, social, and ceremonial ratio was about 15%. The food, social, and ceremonial allocation is of a higher priority than the commercial. So when the run size to the Fraser is low.... This year it returned at nine million. Let's pretend it returns at five million. At five million the percentage of the FSC will be higher. The absolute catch will not be higher--it will still be in the order of about a half million or 600,000 fish--but the percentage is higher. When the run is larger, the absolute catch is still 500,000 or 600,000, but the percentage is lower because the run is greater.
So the food, social, and ceremonial number is more or less an absolute number. Every year we try to get that number--500,000 to 600,000, whatever that ratio is. In 2006, the FSC ratio was 10%. In earlier years, when the run sizes were lower, that ratio could be quite a bit higher. It could be 20%, 30%, or even higher. So it varies with the size of the run.
The economic allocation is a ratio that doesn't vary with the size of the run. It will be roughly 10% and will continue to be, regardless of run size.