I hope they had no impact on any decision that's been made. You have the industry and you have DFO, the scientists who care about the resource. If a resource goes down enough that you have to declare a moratorium, as a scientist, I guess you won't feel good. As a fisherman, if your resource declines and you lose your way of life and your income, you cannot feel good.
Do we really need a third entity to come and try to tell us—and by “us” I mean all the stakeholders—what to do? I don't know how and why they ended up being part of discussions.
