Good.
Ms. Watson-Wright, you brought up eco-certification, you brought up larger consumer demands, consumer influence, consumer knowledge about ethical fishing practices. There has been a lot more attention paid in the media and so on about fish abundance in the sea, and there are reports out saying that in 30 or 40 years there won't be anything left in the ocean, and so on.
The last time the FRCC was here, I noticed there is one place of refugia in all of the lobster fishing areas, and I believe it's in lobster fishing area 34. Also, if you take a look at the graph they show on page 14 here and at the number of landings, fishing area 34 is probably the largest area of landings, and yet we don't have any refugia or anything else in any of the other lobster fishing areas. We have bigger boats, we have more fishermen who can get out. The fishery has evolved from being just a few kilometres off the shore and a small boat to basically a lobster trap can be placed in every area, not only in the gulf but all around the coast of Newfoundland and so on. So it's getting harder and harder, I think, for lobster, and we see that through the FRCC's report, where the carapace length is going down in areas where we have more effort being applied.
I just want to get a handle on this from a sustainability perspective. What are the department's plans in protecting the females, first of all, the ones that are critical? Are we looking at increasing carapace length for females? What are we doing on the enforcement front on that side, whether it comes to poaching, whether it comes to illegal lobster being brought in—because if that's the case, that's going to be an issue or a factor as well.
And what are the departments plans with refugia? We have these lobster fishing areas. If you take a look at that graph on page 14, LFAs 8 through 5 in the bar on the right-hand side—I know you have to be looking at the graph for this to make sense—basically account for what looks to me like not even 10% of what lobster fishing area 34 does all by itself. So when we're talking about the rationalization of the industry, are we going to rationalize it by changing the fishing areas? Are we going to rationalize it by where people fish? Are we going to rationalize it by boat sizes? What are the things the department has insofar as making sure we have enough fishermen making a decent living and enough stock there to make sure it's sustainable in the future?