Madam Speaker, this year's northern-cod assessment places the stock just a fraction below the healthy zone. With all those seeking increased quota, one sector stands out in terms of its historical access and adjacency to the resource. Those are the inshore harvesters of the northeast coast of Newfoundland in areas 3K and 3L.
Given that these harvesters had little increase in their share of quota last year, will the minister do the right thing and accept the FFAW's proposal to allocate any increase in the northern cod quota to the inshore fishers of the northeast coast?