That's basically all I think the committee needed to receive confirmation on, because the issue now, Mr. Bevan, is why didn't the department, in terms of the resource management, act on this advice? The concern that's been raised by fishermen, by the processors, by the plant workers, by the industry, and by the communities is that while no one is arguing the results of science, what they are very concerned about is the failure of management to act on the advice of science to mitigate a 63% drop in one season. That's the concern. Industry has no capacity to be able to acclimate, to adjust to a cut of over 14,000 tonnes, 63%, in one season.
Mr. Bevan, would you be able to comment to the committee on why the department failed to act on a more timely basis when the science was clearly available to it?