For us, the opening date was a problem from 1995 to 2005. We were almost excluded from the hunt at this time because with the early opening date in the Maggies--we're part of the gulf--we couldn't participate in the hunt. When the seals were in front of my home, I was either iced in or the quota was caught.
I think last year the four or five regions that participated in the hunt decided to try to go to a regional quota where the region should decide. If there is a problem in the region, the regions can solve the problem. I don't think it's the government that should decide what time my region should decide to hunt. I should decide by the ice conditions and what price I will get for my seals.
I think mostly what we have to clearly define is the regional quotas. We have to define that one and we have to solve it. For us in Quebec, it's the nearest species yet that we've seen five provinces participating in the species and one province getting more than 90% of the species. In the seal hunt, no plans have more than 90% of the seals. That's where we're asking again, if we want to have a good seal hunt--no overrun, everybody participates on legal things--have some basic disagreements between us solved before the hunt comes.