Very good. Thank you.
Also, sir, you talked about the decision-making here locally. You can't reach a 100% consensus among us, let alone fishermen. However, there have been examples of a board making decisions in lieu of the DFO minister making them. The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board once made a decision about seismic testing off the western side of Cape Breton. The assumption would be that it's a ministerial responsibility to determine whether seismic testing could damage crab or other stocks, but the decision to allow that testing came from the board. The minister supported the decision, but at least it showed a board being allowed to make a decision based on something that happened in fisheries, or in the ocean, in that regard.
I thought that was a good example of cooperation between the board and the department. Some of us may not have agreed with the board's decision, but at least a decision was made at that local level. I think you've come up with a good point, and it's something that could be looked at, not only by the committee but also by your province and by organizations as well.
How involved is the province in this regard? Would they come to the table in terms of assistance in a buyback, in scientific research, or in setting up the board?