After all those meetings that I mentioned between the province, DFO, and the stakeholders, a whole suite of changes took place and were announced jointly by the province and by Minister Hearn.
Included in those was the change in the status of the licences for the inshore shrimp fishery. But to reinforce the fact that if the stocks went back down there would be a process for dealing with the decline in them, the whole issue of LIFO was reinforced to say that this does not mean you have permanent access to quota. It means that you have a licence, but it doesn't mean that you have permanent access to quota; in the event of declines, access will be applied according to LIFO as it evolved in 2003, 2007, and so on.
The basic premise was, though, that if the stocks go down there will be a predetermined process for making those declines. Now, whether it can stay in the face of what may happen next year is going to be up to the minister to decide at that time.
I would point out as well that when the minister made the decision this year, she talked either face to face—or on the phone, for those who couldn't meet her—with every one of the major stakeholders before taking that decision. So it wasn't taken in isolation; she considered all the facts and came to the decision that took place a month ago.
We'll see what the data says next spring when the final stock assessments are in and when we have to go to the minister for a decision. It is at that point that the decision will be made as to how to handle what is likely to be a very difficult set of circumstances.