Fisheries committee  I don't think we have seen the status quo for as long as I've been around in this business, and I don't expect that we will see it continue. We are going to be faced with changes in population trends, with ocean acidification. We're going to have to grapple with new challenges.

Fisheries committee  We're an association of associations, so most of my members would—

Fisheries committee  No. My members are associations. Chris is with Pacific Halibut Management. We're an association of associations. Chris' members are—

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  I did make that statement because it's true.

Fisheries committee  It is a different way of managing fisheries. We have decided that we want to put more fish upriver because we have some weak salmon populations. We also want to put more fish upriver for first nations food, social, ceremonial and economic access. If you do that, the corollary

Fisheries committee  I think you should ask Phil to answer that one first.

Fisheries committee  I think it's certainly harder for young entrants than people who are already in the industry who have assets that they can raise money on. I don't think that is unique to B.C. I think you see exactly the same problems in Alaska, in Atlantic Canada and in rural coastal communities

Fisheries committee  We see that as being part of the mix because, clearly, one of the problems is that licences are expensive. I'll use the example of, say, a million-dollar lobster licence. If you can raise that 5% from family, friends—because the bank is not going to give it to you—and sometimes p

Fisheries committee  I don't know a huge amount about lobster, but I suspect it's a bit of both.

Fisheries committee  I think that's one of the reasons why, at a time when, in a sense, we should be feeling pretty good about ourselves—demand for wild fish is good, we've made the hard conservation decisions, stocks are stable—there's, in fact, a huge level of anxiety out there. It's the things tha

Fisheries committee  I can tell you that there won't be any salmon fisheries on the south coast.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  If I could make one point there, we have called, since I think 2004, for a quota licence and registry. It would have two outcomes. One, it would improve access to capital, but, two, it would improve transparency. I think Canadians deserve transparency, so it would be part of my d