That's very good question.
Ms. Street alluded to that a bit. My vision of a stakeholder is somebody who actually has a stake in the fishery. I am a harvester, so I am a stakeholder. When I arrive at an advisory table, it is my livelihood that is at stake.
Over the past number of years, we've arrived at many stakeholder tables and seen entities at the table that have no stake in the fishery whatsoever. When you ask them whom they may represent, they say, “Well, we represent the fish.” No. It's the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' job to represent the fish at these tables.
It begs the question as to how their advice to the minister is weighed against my advice to the minister. As the person who is on the water.... I personally spend more time on the water than I would dare to wager most people at 200 Kent Street do. There are fishermen who spend a lot more time on the water every year than I do.
That's why we want to see the harvester knowledge reinforced. Right now, I believe the wording is something along the lines that the minister may take into consideration “community knowledge”. What is community knowledge? We'd like to see that the minister “shall take into consideration harvester knowledge”. It's as simple as that.