We have to act on the scientists' recommendations, because they know the resource and know how to stabilize it. Why not accept their recommendations? Why not listen to what they are saying? That is what they are there for; we are paying them, so we should start listening to them, once and for all. If we do not, we will face similar situations in future. That is what happened with cod and that is what is happening right now with spring herring. We allocate fish on paper, everybody knows that, it is common practice in the industry; that is the way it is done. If you want to play around with the wages of plant workers, dock hands and fisher helpers, just keep doing the same thing.
I think we will manage to stabilize things. We are at the low point in the cycle now, but quotas have to be kept to a minimum. The industry is even seriously thinking that the fishery may not be opened next year, so that crab levels can be restored as quickly as possible.