I'll try to make this as fast as possible, which means that I'll skip some details.
In 2006, there were three existing processors. Combined, they were doing over 300,000 seals a year. Two of the processors were sending their skins abroad to be tanned, and in 2006, a law was passed such that all skins leaving Newfoundland had to be tanned first. That was to keep jobs in Newfoundland, and no problem: They did that. Shortly thereafter, when it collapsed, there was only one processor. That law hasn't changed. Then the government enacted another law that said you weren't allowed to use brine in curing seals—the primary step to tanning the seals—except for that one processor, which they grandfathered in, so when the new processors come along, they're not allowed.
In our case, we have 10,000 seals that we could sell tomorrow—the beater seals—but we're not allowed to harvest them. Adults are being brought to shore as we speak, and we could sell the skins for leather, but we're not allowed. We're not allowed to tan them. We're not allowed to sell them. I have customers in Canada and we have customers abroad, but we are not allowed to sell to them.
One of the other processors that is currently in operation started to tan, because they had customers. Their whole reason for starting was to sell skins. After they started, they were told that they weren't allowed to, and they're struggling to survive because they're not allowed to sell skins.