It's great to hear that you've been to a prawn festival before, which I've helped host before in False Creek as well. It's a terrific show of the community, and so many people enjoy celebrating what we have to offer from our fishery here .
When I think about the people there watching cooking demonstrations by local chefs and speaking with members of the fishing community about how prawns are caught and having that exposure to something that is literally on their doorstep, it's a connection that people have that is part of the fabric of our coastal communities.
So removing the accessibility of the public to purchasing seafood from the vessels is undermining the relationship between harvester and community. What other building blocks can be as important as that in preserving coastal communities?