It feels very depressing, doesn't it? It feels very discouraging. I agree. I see fishing families like mine disappearing.
My son Oliver is here today watching as well. He wants to stay fishing, and it's very difficult for him to stay in the industry. We see that all up and down the coast. It's very hard for young people to get into fishing, to stay in their communities. It is very discouraging. We see a lot of harvesters becoming labourers. Harvesters are drawn to fishing because we are entrepreneurs, because we like to set up our operations, do things right, do things our way.
I see people nodding. Those who come from coastal communities understand that, but when we lose control of access to the resource and lose the ability to fight for the best price, then we are no longer entrepreneurs. We are merely labourers. We're losing a way of life in our fishing communities because of this.