Could you focus on the boat stability, Mr. Cull? Transport Canada has looked at a number of the issues, of course, including overall boat length, but they're talking about stability tests for every boat length, and this would be paid for by the fishermen. In southwest Nova Scotia, where I live, we can reduce some of that by simply testing hulls. There may be 50, 60, or 70 boats made from each hull type, and some of them would have hundreds made from a particular hull type.
The issue becomes that there's going to be one factor for the gear type you use. If you're a multi-species fisherman, you may have different gear types on board in different seasons, and they're talking about a test for each of those gear types. There may be a different issue if you have ballast control, and I understand a number of 64' 11" shrimp boats do. If you're moving ballast water around, if you fish herring or capelin, which have more liquidity to them and move around on board, that's another factor. If you're fishing in icy conditions, it's another factor.
What we're trying to get is a feel from fishermen of how they look at these new rules in stability testing, because it's certainly something, I can tell you, the fishermen in my area are very concerned about.