Perhaps I'll start, and I'm sure my colleagues will have some views on this as well.
Andrew spoke to some of the statistics that were being collected, and certainly we looked at that as a question, as there is relative income across the different fisheries coasts. B.C. did come out lower, as you've described.
What are the reasons for that? I think there are a few factors that need to be taken into account. One of them is that the fishery on the west coast is one where diversification is required in order to make a living. You can't expect to have a single licence and be able to have a viable operation over the 12-month period; you need to diversify and you need to have a number of licences. As the cost and availability of licences becomes restrictive, that will impact people's ability to fill out the year with fishing. I think that is a prime driver as well as some of the costs associated with the operation.
The other factor I'll mention before passing this on to my colleagues is that the intent behind attempts over the years to control effort and to manage this overcapitalization or this fishing power that we have through reduced numbers of licences was to generate wealth, to create more money for the remaining fisherman. In fact, we haven't found that to be the case. There are still challenges related to how much money you can make fishing despite our multiple attempts over a long period of time to reduce effort and increase wealth.
There are a couple of factors that need to be taken into account.
Perhaps, Kevin, you could offer some comments.