They do want it to carry extra gear; that's where it came from. They wanted to carry more pots. It's no different for the crab fishery in Newfoundland. They want the extra space to carry the pots. It provides a bit more safety on the deck of the boat when you're actually hauling the pots. You have a little more room to work in a safe environment. That's one example of how it's different from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland. The rules are not universal.
There's another rule that exists, I've been told, in Nova Scotia. I had a fisherman tell me that he allowed his boat to be used in Nova Scotia, from Newfoundland. He wasn't using it. He was actually building a new boat. In order for him to take that boat back to Newfoundland to use it, he had to wait a full year before he could register it again in the Newfoundland fishery. In Nova Scotia, it takes a month. The rules are different province to province. It's not just in boat size. It's even in registry. On the Conne River Indian Reserve in Newfoundland, they can change it over in a day, but a fisherman who is outside the reservation has to wait a year before he can bring that vessel back to the Newfoundland fishery. It is something in the wind that...let's eliminate the Newfoundland fishermen because we don't want to be dealing with them. The union is not picking up on this. They're letting this take place.
Can somebody comment on that difference from one region to the other in registration, even for a vessel?