A research paper published in Marine Policy in 2016 mentioned that despite an initial commitment from DFO to socio-economic objectives related to the owner-operators and limits on processor control, its application was sporadic and eventually it was discontinued in B.C.
For example, there was a 12% cap on total processor ownership with the implementation of the salmon limited entry program in 1969, and owner-operator provisions in the roe herring fishery when licence limitation was established in 1974.
Our current management plans for those fisheries don't contain any mention of those restrictions. Could you explain the evolution of DFO's quota licence ownership restriction policies in B.C.'s groundfish, salmon and herring fisheries under individual ITQs in contrast to the situation that we see on the east coast?