I would completely agree. Threats in the estuary are a problem. I think the striped bass can't continue to be overlooked. The origins of that go back to the mid-1990s. That may be a factor to explain. It's such an immediate, heavy concentration. Your heard Mr. Taylor say last week that during the escapement of smolt from the Miramichi out to the outer part of the estuary and into the open ocean, only 25% survive, whereas from the Grand Cascapedia, 60% of the smolt survived. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. We have something going on in that estuary and that needs to be dealt with. There's a perfect opportunity there to do some brokering and to get a commercial fishery open. The value of striped bass is higher than the value of commercial salmon and yet it's being protected. It's a sacred cow. It's a problem.
On May 17th, 2016. See this statement in context.