In Prince Edward Island we've begun what we're calling our provincial lobster round table. This has been going on for six to eight months now. Issues are discussed there with industry, the province, and DFO, with outside assistance from the university and community organizations. We've been talking about the very issue we're talking about today, only we've been talking about it much longer.
As part of that process, industry and the provincial government have been approaching DFO to begin a lobster rationalization program, particularly in the Northumberland Strait. Rather than suggest that the minister is “one-offing” things, I think that perhaps the Province of P.E.I., in this instance at least, may be a little ahead of the pack. It's much easier to do that sort of thing in our smaller province than it is in the larger ones, I'm sure.
As for the community adjustment program, it's been conceived as a possible source of money, but there has never been anything definitive stated to our organization or to the industry in P.E.I.