Thank you for the question.
I can honestly say that I did not hear that they had increased their TAC during the season. I can't pretend to understand why they would.
The scientists from the U.S. are involved in the Canadian stock assessments, as the Canadian scientists are involved in the American stock assessments. Both have seen an extreme decline in previous years.
I don't want to venture a guess as to why they would feel it was acceptable to increase their TAC during this season.