It is quite complicated. The problem is always the resource. The resource is no longer there, and everyone has done their share to get rid of it a little faster. DFO did not help matters; it did not make the right decisions. It did not stick with the decisions it had made. The fishing industry put in a great deal of money to help DFO, but the biologists made recommendations that the Minister did not see fit to consider. This year, he decided to do the exact opposite, by announcing major cuts. As far as we are concerned, the price of crab is important, but the important thing for dock hands is that there be crab. If there is, there will be work. It is really quite simple: there will be plants operating, but there has to be crab.
On May 25th, 2010. See this statement in context.