I don't think we should take more than two years of community meetings. That's maximum. I understand the regulatory impact assessment takes some time, so there shouldn't be more than two years of community meetings. However, I really do think a whole new process needs to be established for coastal marine protected areas, where we establish community-based marine conservation working groups that then get to put forward their information, because they are going to be the communities that are managing and monitoring these areas.
I just think we need to flip it on its head, where science is a key part, but having the right people on the ground in the beginning is very important. I'm hoping that kind of process gets established on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. We need to reset the button on how we do coastal marine protected areas.