I don't think there are too many boats. In the first month we took too many lobsters out of the water for the supplies we had, and I don't know how you could control that.
We have one of the biggest areas, district 34, and right now the fleet is divided. The extra effort, where the lobster is coming from.... We used to come in at the wharf every day. Right now, in the last few years, most of them have lights. They fish 24 hours a day, whereas before you couldn't. I don't even think that's allowed, but they still have them and they keep fishing 24 hours a day. They get two crews aboard the boat.
That's what happened in the scallop fishery. We had a good scallop fishery. But right now on the effort that we're putting in, I do think there are too many boats. I think it should be controlled. As an owner-operator, I go out in the morning, I'm back at night, but most of these guys are out for four or five days. And it's not the same quality that I bring in. It's coming back that I'm being punished for that extra effort and that mighty dollar.