That would be worth considering. I think Mr. Williams pointed that out. The cost of buying back these licences would be significant. There could also be resistance from fishers. It's something to think about before moving forward on a large scale toward community fishing licences.
That's why I'm instead proposing a pilot project to issue new licences, and to move forward in stages to see if it's a system that works well. We can already draw on certain experiences with indigenous communities and use them as inspiration to assess whether this could be considered for other non-indigenous communities.