With regard to the offshore, lobster fishing area 41, which is about three times the size of Nova Scotia, has eight licences, as I understand it. Many years ago, all the licences were allowed to be acquired by Clearwater—long before its recent ownership change—against government policy. My understanding is that government policy was rewritten. The former manager had to rewrite the policy because of all that.
Why does DFO allow Clearwater to have a 100% monopoly in lobster fishing area 41?