Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the time we have today.
Looking again at the brief that was prepared by the Library of Parliament for us, there's a description of fisheries licensing regulations and policies. Atlantic fishery regulations, 1985, set out among other things vessel classes and vessel-length parameters for Atlantic Canada fisheries. Then there are about three different bullet points about how the fisheries policy in Newfoundland and Labrador sets out policy there. The aboriginal communal fishing licences regulations gives the minister authority to issue communal fisheries licences. Commercial fisheries licensing policy for the gulf region aims to clarify requirements and eligibility criteria established by the minister with respect to licensing and commercial fishing in the gulf region.
Again, I have to agree with Mr. McDonald about how the confusion results from vessels being transferred from region to region, and how fishermen are expected to try to comply with these varying requirements. We were also provided with a table, and there seem to be discrepancies from region to region and from province to province. Can you explain that?