But owner-operator is not restricted to one fishery. The premise behind owner-operator is to protect the integrity of the core fishery, the inshore fishery, and to ensure that the ability to fish, whether it's through quota allocation or gear methodology, is kept away from the corporate sector, that there's a clear division between the corporate sector and the concern of people holding licencing and the ability to fish who are not on board the boats, who are not actually participating in the fishery.
On May 3rd, 2018. See this statement in context.