I'd say that trust in scientists is decreasing more and more. I spoke with fishers who attended the last meeting held at the Maurice Lamontagne Institute. They told me they didn't understand anything anymore, so much so that they left the meeting at noon. They said that the scientists were not in the same field, that the fishers are the ones who go out on the water and have experience.
We've realized that, to the DFO, the fishers' experience is worth very little. The last thing I heard from someone in the upper echelons of DFO was that artificial intelligence would soon replace us. At least she was honest.