Harvesters definitely gave the program a lot of credit when the federal government came out with it. People wanted to see some of this ghost gear retrieved. As I said, it is very difficult to retrieve this gear. It takes time and it's tough work. You have messes of gear on the bottom.
We hope to continue that work, but, at the same time, the best thing we can do about ghost gear is not retrieving it but preventing it from going in the water and laying on the bottom. That's why it's so frustrating. It seems so senseless that we can't have engagement on how to avoid that. It seems like that's been the threat. The fish harvesters really want to avoid that, for obvious reasons, but we're going to implement something that is going to guarantee our having more ghost gear on the bottom.
There isn't a budget big enough to collect all that gear in some of these harsh environments. I will say that a lot of this gear is collected closer to shore and in shallower water depths as well. It's tough to retrieve this gear. Prevention has to be the number one priority when it comes to ghost gear in our waters.