Yes, I would just chime in for a second. To use your own words, this is a big ocean and you mentioned the 1,100 trawl sets. From my perspective, when you look at the coast of Labrador and way down to the south coast of Newfoundland, I would argue that 1,100 trawl sets is really not much at all, when you look at the size of the ocean you're dealing with here. Added to that is the fact you have just under 300 active harvesters right now, so this information is critical.
So what we're asking for here is some hard science. Really, this information needs to be shared with individuals and with the province in general so that we can get a full understanding of what's happening to this biomass, because what we do know is that they are connected. You know, if you talk to harvesters right now, they will clearly point out that what they're seeing is an increase in the cod stock and does this mean that...is it warm water? What is causing all of this?
So this is the hard science that we're talking about. Some of it may be just the stock itself, but there are also the impacts and how this is happening. This is the importance of the hard science that we could use to make these critical decisions, because it is important for this province. I can't stress that enough, how important this is to rural communities in our province, and we do feel right now that there is a disconnect between the research done by the province and that done by DFO nationally.