Yes, I had the honour and privilege of working for first nations. I'm a consultant. I organized a fishermen's organization called the Maritime Fishermen's Union. I left that 35 years ago and have been doing consulting ever since. Recently, I have been focusing my efforts on the integration of first nations into the commercial fishery. I'm a strong believer in the Marshall decision and truth and reconciliation. That's very important.
Therefore, I am also quite involved with the Elsipogtog First Nation community, of which, by the way, I'm so proud. This community now has the most modern snow crab plant in Canada. We just built a $25-million snow crab plant. We're making money, and the profits are going back to the community to create jobs and so on. It's a wonderful collaboration, because the plant is located in the Acadian community. It's a great collaboration between the Acadians and Mi'kmaq. When you come to visit our plant—and you are all invited—you'll see a big sign: a collaboration between the Mi'kmaq and Acadians.
Regarding the snow crab, the Elsipogtog First Nation has its own snow crab quota and we have 35 vessels fishing. That's very important to the community. It brings in millions of dollars every year and, yes, we make sure they are consulted. I would fight tooth and nail if they weren't. The process is interesting, because it's twofold. There is a separate consultation directly with the first nations, but they're also invited to partake in the broader forums of the advisory committees and so on.
To answer your question, they are quite active in this process and, of course, very preoccupied by the whale situation, as we all are.