I think two things are going to be important for the future of the fisheries.
First, if we want to be able to ensure food security, it's important to be concerned about climate change and the warming of the oceans, the pace of which is accelerating around the world right now.
Second, it'll be important to look at access to licences. Who will be able to access a fishing licence? At present, the price of fishing licences is increasing so much that future fishers, the next generation, are going into debt. They can't afford a fishing licence. For example, in my riding, a lobster licence sold for $10 million. What young person can pay $10 million for a licence? So we need to know who is behind the buyers, who is going to be the guarantor of the buyer to the financial institutions. If we want to ensure that the owner‑operators are really the owners of the licences, how should we go about it?
After hearing various associations talk about it, we want to put measures in place to enable fishers and families to make a good living from the fishing sector. That said, we also want to protect the resource for future generations.