I agree with that.
Through working with the Local Catch Network in the U.S., I have a lot of contact points with community-based fishers there. Their interaction with their department, the NOAA, is significantly different from what's in Canada. I think that stems from the relationships our department has. It is very much a top-down, policing, absolute-discretion entity. In the U.S., it feels very different. It comes from things in the act.
I agree that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans needs to be looking at social and cultural ties to fishing in the communities. That's going to come out of collaboration and true consultation with people in communities and actually listening, rather than this top-down dictation we see.