The answer is not easy, Mr. Cormier. For some years now, we have been asking ourselves what we can do to encourage fishermen to sell their licences to family members or to people in the community, particularly through programs. In fact, at the Maritime Fishermen's Union, or MFU, we are working on programs to support newcomers to the fishery.
At the same time, all of a sudden, funding and capital is coming in from outside the province, and it's not clear where that money is coming from. Sometimes it's resources or levels of investment that make no sense in terms of the real value of the business. It's money that comes from companies with very deep pockets that are eager to scoop up control of the resource for various reasons.
So there really needs to be a thorough study of the whole issue of foreign interests in general, as mentioned earlier, but also how to ensure that the assets remain in the smaller regions.