When the population was lower, all of the striped bass spawned on the northwest Miramichi, or that was what the evidence was. However, historically, they had spawned in other rivers and there was evidence that they did. Last year, between our watershed committee and the MSA, we did a survey and found successful spawning on the southwest Miramichi. We found eggs. We found larvae. We documented it and presented the data to DFO, so it's not only the northwest Miramichi. We proved that it's on the southwest Miramichi too.
It's long overdue, but now that the population is so high, the work now is to check all of the other rivers to see if there is successful spawning in them. Sometimes you see fish spawning but it may not be successful.