Mr. Chair, perhaps I can add to that.
The next advisory committee is going to be held on April 25, as I think members know. Certainly the two individuals will be very welcome to take part in those discussions.
Our understanding of the ice conditions is that there's still some ice. I'm looking at the daily ice chart for the Gulf of St. Lawrence and there's still a lot of light blue in the Charlevoix area.
As the minister said, over the last 10 years, the capelin came before May 1 in only one year. Even last year, fishers were able to go out and fish and make some income as they've been able to do every year over the last 10 years.