As a matter of fact, at the Maritime Fishermen's Union, we do have a local down in what's called the Acadian shore, Meteghan, in that area of St. Marys Bay. I will tell you that the membership that we have from that area have been bringing this issue to our biannual board meetings for a number of years. Going back probably further than that, six or seven years, this issue has been continuing to build.
Is it the only factor? Maybe yes; maybe no, but I think that part of the problem is that because there is no real data on the amount of lobster that may be coming out of the water, it's hard to know what that effect may or may not be. Even if I was a first nations member who was practising my food fishery in a responsible manner, I would also want that information to prove that I'm not the culprit.
There's a good case to be made that it should be a heavily monitored thing to make sure what the effect is. We can all speculate whether it is the only effect or whether it's one out of 100, but without proper monitoring, no one really knows. For me, that's the fact. We face the same issue with the two FSC fisheries in eastern New Brunswick as well.