Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll be brief. I'll start with a comment.
Ms. Perry and I spent a bit of time in the airport yesterday and spoke about this study and whatnot, so I've had a bit of an advantage. I had a little more discussion with Ms. Perry off the record than I did here today. I did mention to her at that time the fact that if nothing else comes out of this study, I hope that DFO regionally will consult with fishermen, whether it's on the wharf or by other means.
Also, when it comes to a vessel length change or consultation, DFO has the registration of everybody who owns a vessel. For every vessel that's registered, it has the owner's name and address. If the recommendation is to do consultation to find out what the fishers actually want on this particular issue, mail out a ballot to each individual boat owner. If they don't reply, they don't reply, but at least they have the opportunity. I would hope that's this is something we would look at after we get finished with this and our recommendations are put before the minister.
Somebody mentioned an appeal process. I know that two fishers presented here who said they were going through an appeal process with regard to the five-foot extension of their vessels and that the rules changed and they didn't know anything about it. There were no consultations with them.
Ms. Perry, what were the results of those appeals?