Again, it's the Minister of Fisheries who makes the decisions related to the management of the fishery pursuant to the Fisheries Act. In her decision, she did, as I've noted, in her June announcement indicate that the reason she took the allocation decisions she did, including providing the vast majority to the inshore, was, however, to have some access to other fleets, recognizing that foreign offshore vessels would also be fishing outside of Canada's 200 miles and wanting to ensure there would be ongoing year-round employment from that.
On October 7th, 2024. See this statement in context.