Again, part of what I've described as the very detailed operational protocols is in development as we speak. I don't want to sound as if I'm making excuses for ourselves. I simply want to give you a sense of the reality. Part of our problem is that we don't yet have enough people in place to do what those people need to do, if you get what I mean. Our initial efforts are focused very much on putting in place the regulation itself, the licensing regime, and the conditions associated with it. Simply working through the actual recruiting process and booking office space and so on is a huge slug of work.
One of the questions I failed to answer appropriately, when you were asking earlier on, Mr. Cuzner, was how this compares to other things we do. This is a big hire for DFO. We don't hire 55 new people on a regular basis. Simply working through all of that has been quite a bit of effort.
We have not gotten ourselves down to the point where we've designed the operational protocols that would allow me to give you a really precise answer. We expect site visit frequency to go up. We're not expecting it; it will go up, and it will be of two kinds. One will be what one might refer to as the extension or liaison function. We send a biologist or a technician or whatever out to a farm to work with the farmers, have a look at their operations, do fish health inspections, and talk to them on a variety of things associated with just managing the enterprise.
The second would be the boys in green, who will show up as part of a regular C and P inspection protocol. They will come onto a site, they will inspect records and documents, and they will dive into the facilities, or below the facilities, rather. They will not make appointments to come and visit; they will just arrive, as any inspection function would. And potentially, down the line, there will be an investigation, if need be.
We don't know yet how often every single site would be visited by a C and P officer. It will be as frequently as we can get them onto the water, and it will be quite regular. Will it be four or five times a year or two or three? We're not quite sure yet, but it will be significantly more often than what happens today.