For the Restigouche River, there is agreement between the governments. The Listuguj government, as an example, has a contract. There would be a service contract with the Province of Quebec and also an agreement with Fisheries and Oceans. These are mainly contracts—$430,000 with Quebec, $430,000 with the feds—so that they can have rangers, they can have resources for science, and they can have equipment and subcontracts to help them manage their fishing plan.
As an example, for Listuguj that money allows them to have 40 rangers to manage their fisheries: 40 rangers is more human power than all protection officers on the whole Gaspé coast. That's a lot of people available for protection, but they are concentrated only in the estuary. That's why I said there might be some program for capacity-building to involve them in protection upstream from the only sector where they're fishing.
There is also an agreement with Eel River Bar where licences are issued by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans through quotas. Again, I think there should be more involvement from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to help first nations adopt a fishing plan, to have them understand all aspects of their fishery on all tributaries. There are also problems where licences are given to other first nations without consultation in the territories of some first nations.
There are some things to address in regard to these issues.