I'll start that one and then I'll ask Mr. Stringer to wade in.
I think this is an excellent question and it is an ongoing concern in the context of the Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture ministers, which includes inland and coastal provinces and all the territories. It is an ongoing debate about whether we have the right structure for the recreational fishery and so on.
One of the challenges for us in that context is that the science, the habitat work, and all that stuff is for all the fisheries. In other words, I think the provinces, particularly the inland provinces, would like to see a recreational fishery office within DFO. We probably need to figure out how to do that in a more visible way, but the real problem for us is that we think that would be a false approach, because in many ways it all comes together. I think in B.C. in particular, it really stands out, or in the west, where the value for the recreational fishing industry is huge economically. I think it's larger, and we do have some numbers we can provide the committee. Certainly we have moved chinook priority to coho. I think on the west coast there is a recognition of that. Do we have the balance right? Do we need to do more work on it? I would say probably yes.
I think on the east coast it's something with a huge, huge potential, and I think people, charter fishermen with cod, for example, are discovering they can make a lot more money with a very much smaller amount of cod by charter fishing than through a commercial fishery. So we're now working with the eastern provinces. That's one of the reasons the minister launched a recreational marine licence fee study out there. It was less to do with money and more to do with how we move the recreational fishery forward, given its tourist opportunities, which are huge. Within the Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture ministers, there has been the creation of a body to ensure we work together and share resources for funding tourism and that kind of thing.
In terms of the actual numbers, I'll ask Kevin and Michaela to say a word or two on the specifics.