When we started to talk about Henderson Lake, we approached DFO with the Uchucklesaht tribe and asked them what they required. Within two and a half years we had everything in place and a standard IT permit. They had taken the eggs at the hatchery, which was Nitinat, because Henderson is down to 25 returning fish, so we needed fish eggs to restart the run.
Previously eggs had been put into the system, but none for 16 years. However, when we applied, the department said that first of all they didn't support an S1 strategy. Then they brought up a bunch of reasons that had already been discussed and resolved, and in the final minute, they said they were going to keep the eggs and do a fry release because it's one less move to a hatchery. The IT committee was waiting for SEP to say they had approved the release location, but they wouldn't provide that to the IT committee.