What I mean by this is the price of the diesel fuel. Last year I had 250 seals aboard my vessel. I was in Chateau Bay, Labrador. I called a DFO official and informed him that I had 250 seals aboard. I also had 250 seals held in to DFO.
The weather was very bad. We were in there, I think it was two days. DFO informed me that sealing might commence again the following day, but because of the weather we couldn't get across the straits to unload our seals. So I asked them, how can we work around this? He said you can put them out. I said I'd have to put them out on the shore and I said I didn't want to do that. Well, he said, you won't be able to continue on.
So I took a chance. I came across the straits in very rough weather conditions. I went to St. Lunaire. I burned all that diesel fuel to get the 250 seals out of my vessel so I could continue on the next day. And I had to beat it right back to where I came from because of these regulations made by people who don't understand the industry and who have no consultations with fishermen.
Thank you.