We've always maintained cautionary advice, because we're interested in the long-term viability of the industry. For years, snow crab has been cyclical; it's cyclical in nature. When the biomass goes down, we've got to ease back pressure on the resource, and we understand that, but it shouldn't just be ripped out.
Frankly, the industry was bracing itself for about a 40% decline, and that's what we were expecting. From conversations that I'd had with the federal minister months before that point in time, I was expecting a degree of drop in the quota, but nowhere near what it was. And on the consultation side of it, I found out on the day, at the same time industry find out.
Is that working in synchronization with your provincial government? Is that working in synchronization with the industry? No, it's not.
