The MOU process is relatively new. It was last July that it was signed. The fishing industry renewal strategy was in 2007.
Things have been rolled out of that, and many things are still unfolding around the MOU, but I think what struck us more than anything is that the economic situation you mentioned has brought us to a point where we now recognize that we have to be more aggressive in approach. I've said publicly that I don't know if throwing money at it is going to be the solution, but somewhere along the way we will need some assistance from the federal government.
The MOU process that's under way right now, as you indicated, involves the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the FFAW, and the ASP. My take on it is that we have to put together a strong plan to take forward to the federal government. The federal government then, we would expect, would be a part of this process, because they are an integral part of awarding licences. I presented and pointed out in this document the history of issuing more and more licences, and although it may have been under political pressure and whatnot, the issuing of more and more licences has created a situation whereby someone in a 35-foot boat who has only a 10,000-pound quota of crab and a small quota of cod and some other species just simply can't make a viable living anymore.
The indications we have from the federal government are that there doesn't seem to be any appetite for throwing money at it. Maybe that's because of the taste that was left in the mouth by the moratorium or whatnot, but we haven't got an indication that they're willing to put any substantial amounts of funds in there.