While not knowing all of the parameters that are making up the environmental aspects in the gulf region, I would think that any time you have a species of any animal—predator or prey—there's only so much the ecosystem can withstand before nature starts looking after its surroundings. In this case, I guess the redfish are that abundant that they are not only eating other species of fish, they are eating themselves. I was speaking to a processor here last week. The puddicks of the redfish contained herring, capelin and juvenile redfish.
It's to a point that the biomass got to such a level that it has to eat. It doesn't matter what's in front of it. I don't imagine any fish species has a particular palate when it comes to the entrée for tonight. If it's going to consume more calories than it expels catching the prey that's in front of it, then it's going to try to eat it. I guess this is to the point where the stock got to where it was and getting to today, and it's holding back the size that it's able to grow.