That's a great question.
Consultation, right now, happens in advisory boards, which are largely made up of licence owners, so we have the perpetuation of a system where DFO consults with those who own and control access to the resource. Those are, generally speaking, not active harvesters or people working in coastal communities. The more licences you own, the more say you get, so this is a self-replicating system.
The act talks about these advisory boards. We really need to modernize that so the department is consulting with people in communities who are actively engaged in harvesting.