It's paramount that we have a level of enforcement that allows officers to make sure they get out and collect the information. You were talking about the need for numbers and statistics. If we don't know what's coming out of the water and we don't know where it's going, we have inherent problems already. If we have those resources put in place, I think we would be further ahead.
The other thing is that I hope there's no rush to judgment and that the minister doesn't decide to create a fishery without hearing all the information.
We have to understand that although there is a perceived right here, I will tell you again that there is not when it comes to lobsters, this one species. The Crown may limit or infringe the right to a moderate livelihood, but there must be an overriding purpose, of course, for limiting the exercise of that right, such as conservation or public safety or other interests. We need to clearly think about those terms as we move forward.
The last thing I want to see is another conflict between the commercial fishermen and the indigenous fishers. Here, a couple of years ago, we had an incident in Cape Breton in which some fishermen caught a man poaching—hauling his lobsters—and they shot him. He's at the bottom of the ocean.
I can tell you that tensions will run high if the wrong decisions are made, and somebody will die. I don't know about you, but I certainly wouldn't want that blood on my hands. That's a very serious thing.