It is because of natural recruitment. The fact is that natural recruitment means the biomass is very high for a certain number of years, average at other times, and, occasionally, extremely low. When you start playing around with that natural cycle, you are asking for trouble. And that is what is happening now. We had some very good years.
The cycle was well known. Scientifically speaking, the crab industry is the best known of any; it is one where scientists are most able to predict what is going to happen, because crab is a sedentary species. Although it is not necessarily found in the Gulf, crab remains where it is; it is sedentary. Therefore, scientists are able to predict its cycles, and their best research is on crab.
But nobody listens to them. I am telling you, once again, that nobody listens to them. There are reasons why we do not want to or cannot listen to what they have to say. In my opinion, one of those reasons is that the industry, the vessel fleet, has developed to such an extent, and has become so large, that all the crab is being used to make payments on boats that have become incredibly large and super efficient. And that is unfortunate. It means that there have to be fairly high crab quotas year after year. People cannot afford a low income year.
As a result, there is a lot of pressure on politicians to keep quotas high, despite that disagreement with the scientists. That creates situations like the one we are in today.