It's never a waste of time.
I'm just going to pick up where I left off before. The minister said that getting the science right, obviously, is something we all aspire to, and I'm going to come back to the fact that one of the most vital parts of the science for capelin in NAFO 4RST doesn't seem to be done. We've had a plan for more than 10 years. The integrated fisheries management plan talks about maybe getting a plan to do a plan on the science. I'm not getting an answer particularly on when or how long that's been going on.
Meanwhile, off of Newfoundland, in 2J3KL, DFO does an abundance survey regularly and, therefore, has a better understanding of the size of the stock. I'm going to come back again with my question about why no abundance survey is being done on capelin in this area in order to be able to provide a better management plan in terms of the TAC that's set every year, as well as some other marketing initiatives that would come. We haven't changed the TAC much over the last few years—it basically stays between 8,000 to 10,000 tonnes—and perhaps if we had a better sense of the size of the biomass, we would have a different TAC for fishers and more opportunities.
Could you explain to me why, after all these years—in 10 years of a fisheries management plan—we're still not doing an abundance survey every year in this region?