As I described earlier, we define an escapement plan. In the development of that, we consult through our advisory processes with recreational, commercial and first nations users. We also have a collaborative agreement with the Fraser Salmon Management Council, which represents over 70 first nations in the approach and on the Fraser. All of that work is input into a decision that finally gets made by the department to finalize that escapement plan.
That escapement plan, defined before the season starts, is abundance-based. That means it's responsive to changes in abundance in salmon that we encounter in-season, and we apply that escapement plan as we get more and more information, day by day, about what kinds of fishing opportunities we would provide.
There is the opportunity in the development of that escapement plan for back-and-forth—here's what we're hearing from our advisory processes and from the Fraser Salmon Management Council discussions—so that people can be informed by one another's perspectives, and all of that informs the department's plan.
