I'll ask you now. I have 13,500 pounds of crab to catch. I had 2,285 pounds of crab last year. It went down from the year before. There were more fish last year than there were the year before. What am I going to pay to build a wharf? The money is not there.
It's a renewable resource. Your country is made up of the resources that you have. It's a resource, so let's look after it. We're creating money, the spinoff.
In Old Perlican, there's an estimated two million to three million litres of diesel fuel for the boats. Those taxes are going to the federal government. That's a lot of fuel when we had 180 boats.
You talk about creating revenue. What about all this fish that gets trucked in? Bay de Verde had their redfish landed in Bay de Verde, and it was only ten miles away to truck it to Old Perlican. We were looking to see if we could get a cash cow there, but it never happened. You couldn't do it.
In my opinion, we're giving. The fishery is giving back to the federal government in leaps and bounds. Now, some in Alberta might disagree. But it's a renewable resource that is there. It's going to be there. Look after it.
If you're looking at the bigger boats, we're not all in that luxury area. There are more smaller ones than there are bigger ones, I can tell you that.