My colleague Robert Haché has illustrated the situation. I would add that, in 2005, a report by Gardner Pinfold Consulting on the crab and shrimp fisheries, commissioned by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, very clearly informed the department at that time that the viability of the crab fleet was in danger. However, no administrative policies were changed. The industry continued to be gradually stripped, and today fishing businesses are in trouble.
Mr. Byrne, in response to your question about sharing, Mr. Haché described the situation very well. Our fishermen aren't opposed to sharing, provided they have the financial capacity to do so. However, without that capacity, it's absolutely impossible. This year, those fishing businesses—you'll be speaking with the fishermen shortly—are losing $50,000 to $200,000.
How are you going to recover those kinds of losses in the coming years? There are no miracles. There won't be 25,000 tonnes of crab to fish next year. They won't be able to climb out of the hole with that.