Mr. Barry Fox:

They are certainly reducing for a number of geographical areas around the country. There are potentially seven areas where the commercial draft net fishing licences will be removed in 2026 if the Minister accepts the advice. The view at the time when the high seas drift-net fishing was removed was that there had to be an equal share of the stock between the commercial fishermen and the recreational anglers. If we move to a position where there are surplus stocks above the conservation limits in any catchment in the country, we would have look at how it would be shared out again in the future.