What went on before 2018 was that the Coast Guard was always there with icebreakers to free up ports, mainly, to make the fishery zone accessible. With the fact of the presence of right whales, you try to fish as early as possible, before the right whales arrive, placing extra pressure—a lot of pressure, actually—on everybody in the industry. That starts with the Coast Guard trying to clear off the channels to make sure the fishing territory becomes accessible.
I would say there's a difference between having protection on the water and having the channel cleared. The Coast Guard, as you know, has some equipment in different locations within the gulf to make sure that we have a safe fishery. It is possible that, in some fishing seasons, it did arrive that the Coast Guard was not necessarily available at each location, but I would add that, with this opening committee that we have, everybody's at the table. I can assure you that every effort is made by everybody, especially DFO and the Coast Guard, to make sure that we have a safe fishery.
That's why we say that we want to meet with that committee—