Certainly, as I mentioned earlier, I don't have a specific line of sight on the minister's day-to-day schedule, but I can say that I am certainly aware of a number of meetings that she has had in which redfish allocations have been part of the discussion.
In addition to that, the department has undertaken very robust and detailed consultations over a number of years. All of that input and those views have also been provided to the minister and have helped inform her decisions.
I will note that certainly the minister has so far not taken a decision on the total allowable catch. She has indicated that 25,000 tonnes is the absolute minimum she will entertain, and next week she will be consulting with industry on an appropriate TAC.
Redfish is an interesting species in that it has episodic recruitment, so it's not a regular cycle of new fish coming into the fishable biomass. Therefore, you have to manage it in a way that spreads out the harvest, because when you take fish out this year, they won't be there next year, and won't be replaced instantly through the regular recruitment that we see among a lot of other species.
Part of that needs to be taken into account as we make plans for the management of this fishery so that market development can occur in the context of the projected duration of this pulse of biomass, which is a decade or less. We need to consult with industry to understand their market development plans and the pace they would like to see the TAC grow over the coming years so that they can extract the maximum value out of this fishery as well to the benefit of those coastal communities.