Yes. It's in my own backyard, and this is why I spoke to the two biggest first nations in eastern New Brunswick, Elsipogtog and Esgenoopetitj. Both have FSC fisheries that take place out of the season. Elsipogtog takes place in May to July; for our season, they fish that in August to October. Again, there's a lot of speculation. They're allowed an allocation, but there have been lots of instances where they've watched harvesters come in and weigh off one box of fish, and four boxes have gone into a vehicle. If nobody's there to even verify whether those other four boxes are empty or not, again, the speculation takes over. I think that's the dangerous part in all of this. If we don't have a real handle on what the numbers are, we can speculate on its being way worse than it may be. I think we need to have a clear grasp of what those numbers are for that clarity. If that clarity is not there, then danger fills the void.
On December 12th, 2023. See this statement in context.