Thank you for your question.
I said earlier that we had concerns about weak rope and links. Those discussions with the department will continue in November and December.
The gear requirement will come into force in January. That's pretty soon considering we still don't have a solution. My fear is that it will result in a whole lot more ghost gear in the sea, and that will put right whales at greater risk even when fishers aren't fishing. Ghost gear is there forever, so it means more gear to recover.
I would say we still have work to do. We've done trials, but we are still in the initial phase. We still have a phase or two to go before we can say that the new technology can be used successfully.