When you're around that table, what can you give up? That's the big question. We're politicians. It's the art of compromise, and the Europeans are very good at it. So you have to compromise, because there are only two things you have. One is that you're going to make decisions with regard to the conservation of your stocks by saving sustainability, and the other is that you're going to try to hold on to the quotas you have. So if you want conservation and you're around a table, you're probably going to have to say, “In order for me to get this, I'm going to have to give up some quota,” or vice versa. So there are only two things, and where we have almost total control of the stocks, why should we be compromising? That's the big question.
On October 20th, 2009. See this statement in context.