Mr. Donnelly, I think that unfortunately B.C. took a different approach...or the federal government actually took a different approach back in the seventies when they announced the owner-operator fleet separation. It restricted it to the Atlantic coast and didn't include the west coast. Unfortunately, over time, I think there has been a loss of independence on the west coast. I think it's going to be a hard slog to get it back to a majority of independently owned out there, because it's so ingrained now in corporate quota-owned fisheries, and stuff like that.
That's what we're trying to guard against on the east coast here. There are some fisheries that are quota based, but the main fisheries, like lobster, crab, and some of the smaller ones, are still independent. That's why we're trying to fight to keep it that way, because we think it's the only way to go in the future to enhance our communities.
Again, for the young gentleman out west, I think it's going to be doubly hard. They're going to have to overturn a regime that's been in place for 30 years, the quota regime, and people owning quota who are not on the water, or maybe not even in the province, and stuff like that. I wish him the best, but they're starting from a very, very negative position.