I think it's always difficult with new legislation, and this was certainly the case. We'd had 30 years' experience, I think it was, with section 35, the harmful alteration, disruption, and destruction of habitat. It was absolutely clear, and much jurisprudence built up on it. With “serious harm”, and with commercial, recreational, and aboriginal fisheries, there have been challenges in terms of our own staff—and we've done training—but also for proponents and others to have a full understanding of exactly what that means and how it's applied.
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