The minister said that, yes, adult eel harvesters, as well as the elver harvesters, have paid for science too, which shows that the stock is healthy.
The minister said in her letter to licence-holders and adult eel harvesters that she took the feedback into consideration. I've had lots of feedback, and I haven't had one person, one employee, one licence-holder or one fishing group who supports this. In fact, they're emotionally, very vehemently opposed.
Do you know of anybody who would have told the minister that this is a good thing?