Unfortunately, the Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal MPs have completely frozen us and our members out since the decision was made. We've been unable to discuss the reasons.
More than that, the minister is responsible for providing a written statement explaining the decision, I believe, within 60 days of the decision being made public. We're hundreds of days out from that now, and we still have no written statement on why that decision was made.
One thing that we heard from Gudie Hutchings was that they had an obligation to NAFO, and that if they reopened a commercial fishery, that's the obligation to NAFO. What they're being disingenuous about is that there was no reason to reopen the commercial fishery to begin with, and there was no precedent. There was not even any support from science to do this. From our perspective, the only ones who benefit from this decision are the corporate fleets.