Those numbers are not actually affixed, as in etched into the hull of the vessel. Is that correct?
Where I'm going with this is very simple. After dealing with a lot of difficulties with chop shops and and vehicle registration numbers being reallocated to other vehicles, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia came up with a system that basically, first of all, required the manufacturers to have hidden vehicle identification numbers so that it wasn't easy for somebody to scrub the identity of whoever owned that vehicle.
Secondly, the licensing needs to be.... I'm sorry. I'm getting into recommendations here but it sounds like you guys are—pardon the expression—at sea on this issue of trying to identify the people who actually owned the boats that are found abandoned. There should be insurance. Insurance on these vehicles should be mandatory, and with a licence that represents the insurance policy so that the only way to pass that vessel from one person to another is to relinquish the licence, have a new one issued, make sure that the provincial sales tax is paid, etc.
We went through this discussion with you guys a few years ago, and it sounds like on the issue of trying to identify owners, nothing has changed since then. Now is your opportunity to tell me I'm wrong on that one.