In the recent period—I guess we're talking about that timeframe from 2003 up to the present—we have seen a significant reduction in fishing effort, as I noted earlier, and we have also seen a general decline in the number of citations, albeit an increase in 2009, but only the same number of vessels. So in terms of a percentage, I'm not sure if I can, off the top of my head, figure out what the numbers are, but say, for example, I think the number of citations issued was 37 in 2002 or 2003 and that number is now down to eight, nine, or ten per year. So it's probably by two-thirds, about a 70% reduction in fishing effort.
On October 22nd, 2009. See this statement in context.