I'm not aware of a great deal of specific effort to that end, other than routine patrols—and there's probably fewer of those than there used to be. There's quite a bit of concern about the decline in enforcement personnel at a time when, I would contend, frivolous regulations are being imposed and enforcement personnel are being asked to enforce them. There is perhaps a depletion of the concentrated enforcement effort on the real issue, which would be the interception of large egg-bearing female salmon.
I think that as a result of the measures that were taken last year, out of every 20 people who were driven off the river in frustration, probably one of them took out their frustration by perhaps taking home a fish they otherwise would not have taken. That concerns me because so much of management involves considering the people and what's going to be supported on a compliance basis. When people have a complaint, they're not always complying, and a lot of that has to with where you move the letter “i” around in those two words.
We don't do ourselves any favours when we enact a regulation simply because we can, without thinking about the impact it's going to have. I don't have specifics on the amount of poaching, but I do know there were rumours last year that there were more large salmon lost to poaching than would otherwise have been the case. That is a concern.