I'm proud of what I do, so I definitely want to pass it on.
I'm really fearful that with the way things are going, there's going to be nothing to pass on. You spoke of milk quotas earlier and the stability that quotas gave you and stuff like that. When we had them taken from us, I can't even describe the feeling. It's just anger everywhere.
There was an article in The Telegram today about the guys from Port de Grave that really feel this revolt had to do with not being consulted and everything else. It did, but there's more to it than that. There's the lawsuit; the fishermen had to sue the union about scallop grounds and stuff like that.
Being consulted is so important and we had guys doing the sentinel program that the union talked about. Those guys have been taking part in that for 20-something years. They're the guys on the water, so you'd think they'd be the guys they would have hauled into the room.
I asked what's going on and what you think we should do going forward, but again, there was no consultation. The only fisherman I heard about seeing that proposal was Tony Doyle and you should not have one person making the decisions for the entire industry, especially a person at the end of his career. You should look at it from the point of view of a new guy with 30 years left to go, and you should get his input.