As I was saying before, they have to leave us alone. Just let us fish. It's only two months: October and November. We're done December 1.
It's causing such a stir in the community, and nobody wants to be like that. It's bad enough that people suffer from anxiety and mental health issues. You know, all we want to do is fish. If I had 173 houses today, they'd be filled up. Right now, I see all these young people fishing. Even the young girls are fishing. It makes you proud. There are four to a boat also.
I saw a non-native fisherman fishing at Lac [Inaudible—Editor] the other day. He was watching. “Where are you from?” I said. “I'm from Quebec.” I explained to him what our guys were doing. I said, “Oh, yeah, these guys share their catch. Sometimes there are three or four people in a boat, and they all share equally. The guy who owns the boat usually gets a little bit more.” He says, “What do they do with their catch? Do they sell it? Do they give it away or whatever they want to do with it?” It just so happened that a boat arrived. One guy came off the boat, took a crate of lobster and said, “Does anybody want some lobster?” You could see a tear coming down this guy's face, and he started helping the guys load up the truck.
That tells you right there.... This is the kind of fishery we want. That's what he said. “I wouldn't mind doing something like this in our community,” he said.
I was blown away by that. He was blown away also. He couldn't hold back his tears, and this was a grown man—a young guy, actually.