The principle of adjacency was adopted by the federal Liberal Party at the last convention. “Adjacency” means involving those people who are adjacent or closest—if you want to use the word “closest”—to the stocks. They've just made a decision on shrimp. The shrimp stock is in trouble in certain areas, and they had to make some major changes. The changes they made were based on the principle of adjacency.
The principle of adjacency gives the Newfoundland and Labrador people the right to have the first opportunity to harvest the fish. The factory freezer trawlers get the last. Factory freezer trawlers are one of the main reasons we are here today. If you have a small 80-foot boat coming into Port de Grave or anywhere in Newfoundland, it has nothing in the holds of the boat at all, and it is not allowed to catch the fish, but the factory freezer trawlers are steaming in with a million and a half pounds aboard.
The principle of adjacency is where the first opportunity goes to the local people, and after that, we'll decide.