These vessels have been abandoned over a period of 20 to 30 years. They didn't just happen overnight. These vessels have been sitting there in coves and beaches. Of course, when the fishing moratorium started 30 years ago, when we lost all our fish through overfishing, it put in disarray four of the Atlantic provinces. Basically, our livelihood was taken from us at that time, and the boats couldn't go fishing, and there were so many of them parked and left for.... We never had any choice. We never had any choice except to do that.
That would be the biggest reason, because, yes, people had to move away from the fishing industry and go somewhere else to work. This was the biggest cause of the boats we see around. It didn't happen overnight; it happened over a period of time.