First and foremost, our federation's role is to represent the industry. We are contributing to the national round table on wildlife, an advisory group established under Quebec's act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife. The round table, then, reports to the ministry of forestry, wildlife and parks.
At the national wildlife round table, we are helping develop management plans for every species of sport fish. In recent years, we've done a lot of work on lake trout and walleye, and we consult with our people and our regional associations as part of that work. Together with other partners throughout Quebec, we are working on those plans.
Not tied to sport fishing quite as directly, something else we are working on for Quebec is a rating system and categories for outfitters' accommodation units. We inspect the 5,000 units every four years. We were mandated by Quebec's ministry of tourism to report on the conditions of the facilities, infrastructure and amenities, and we make that information available to the public.
Furthermore, we work with the ministry of forestry, wildlife and parks to manage the licences issued every year and collect outfitters' fees. That, too, was a role delegated to us by the ministry. We provide that function on behalf of the ministry of forestry, wildlife and parks.
Lastly, we also have special teams that include forest engineers. They work with outfitters to plan industry activities in the area. We provide support to our outfitters in their discussions with other regional users, mainly forestry companies, to ensure that forest management is compatible with our businesses' tourism needs and the wildlife activities in our region. We are very careful to keep the impact of forest activities on outfitters to a minimum.