The decision memo is prepared by the departmental staff at the advisory committee. They'll start the process of preparing the memo right afterwards. There are discussions between science and the managers, and between the various regions engaged in the fishery. So the memo would take a couple of weeks, or perhaps a bit more or less, depending on the nature of the issues being put to the minister. Then there are briefings with the minister, and the minister seeks input from a variety of sources prior to or in the course of making that decision.
It's fairly tight. The science is done earlier in the year. I think it was done around February this year. Then following that, there's an advisory committee meeting in March. The intention is to get the memo to the minister in early April. Then a decision is made, and then people get on with the fishing.