For one thing, it's about the 17 signatories they have in place. Currently, they have FRRAs in place—reconciliation framework agreements. Those are the 17 signatories.
We don't have one in place. We're quite concerned, because we're a fishing village. This has the potential to have huge cultural and social impacts on the community. If they continue on this path forward, a substantial reduction in fishing will bring significant social harm to the community and will further disconnect the people of Lax Kw'alaams from their heritage and culture.
Like I mentioned in my testimony, in 2012, we had a trawl footprint that was implemented. It's been doing very well. We have a bycatch of coral and sponges. It's about 4.5 tonnes annually. If you look back over the catch history, there's still 96% or 98% remaining of that every year. These trawl footprints that we have in place seem to be doing a great job.
