Thank you to our guests, both here in person and by video conference.
Jacqueline, I was surprised to hear you talk about consultation. I recently attended three outreach meetings in my riding, consultations by DFO. In total, there were probably over 150 fishermen who attended those three meetings, and the overarching complaint from fishermen.... It was the first time they had seen anyone from DFO come out and talk to them. They had never heard tell of anyone doing any consultation, even to the point where regulations were changed over the winter behind closed doors with no consultation. A fisherman actually had to use ATIP to get the information, to know what actually took place and what was said at that particular meeting. Consultation has been lacking, big time.
On the vessel lengths, in listening to what you're saying, I gather that the overall length regulations can be Atlantic-wide or regional, correct?