Again to Mr. MacPherson, it's unlikely that there would ever be enough personnel to deter every illegal activity. There are simply not enough eyes or resources to do that. In this age of technology, has your association put forward to DFO any other supports that could assist the department in deterring illegal fishing?
I'll give a couple of examples. Recently fishers in LFA 25, both in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, voted to restrict the time that boats could engage in fishing on the water. I don't believe the other LFAs have done that.
For instance, I believe you can only be active from five o'clock in the morning until seven or eight o'clock in the afternoon, which is a great deterrent and of great assistance to the department to monitor.
Have the PEIFA or other groups made any overtures on that issue? Some fishers are out late at night, and some people will tell me that if they're out during those hours, they're not engaged in legal activities.