In our local situation, the chiefs have agreed to go back to their members to discuss what they feel a “moderate livelihood” definition would look like or a “fishery” would look like. We'll be reconvening, so we see that as a positive step.
Certainly the resource is so important to everyone that we need to have a three-party dialogue. Obviously, we've heard from other witnesses that there's a lot of frustration with DFO. Perhaps an independent facilitator would make those talks productive, but definitely there have to be discussions with the non-traditional, the traditional and DFO in a three-way conversation.