I would also like to say that we need to look for what the source of the decline is. I think that on the Saint John River the decline in Atlantic salmon started long before the salmon industry began down in the Charlotte Island region, which by the way is a fair distance away from the mouth of the Saint John River.
I can remember 20 or 25 years ago, maybe even a little longer, acid rain from the United States was one of the primary causes, or blamed to be a cause, of the salmon decline in a lot of the rivers in the southwestern region of Nova Scotia as well as in some of the rivers up in Cape Breton.
Water quality is huge. There are many things that affect water quality. I think the Atlantic Salmon Federation has worked with a number of different stakeholders along these river systems. It's not just about competition with other fish or even seals; it's also about the habitat and what's happened along these rivers over the years.
We're getting a lot better at it. When we build a road now, we do a lot more to maintain the habitat for the wild fish. Anybody in the construction business will tell you that the way they operate today compared with the way they operated 30 years ago is completely different.