What you're telling me, Mr. Balfour, is that there was no consultation with the herring advisory group, that the department informed them as to what was going to take place. Would that be correct, just for the record? Or was there discussion on whether this should or should not happen? It seems to make sense to me that if you have an advisory group, perhaps you might look for some advice from them before you make the decision. All I want to know is whether you did.
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