I absolutely agree with them that there is less crab. However, there was less last year as well, and the same quotas remained in place. The Minister did not want to make a decision. I do not know what happened, but the Minister opted for the status quo. There had already been a decline last year and in previous years. The crab that was not fished then would be available now. There would be more crab, which would have resulted in new crab stocks being developed, but now it is gone. We do not know how much of it is gone, because it is not like trees that you can easily count; the crab is in the water. And the studies on where the crab is going are not very extensive. We saw this; we were harvesting the resource from our boats. There is clearly less crab. Everyone is aware of that, but it is impossible to say how much is left.
On May 25th, 2010. See this statement in context.