I understand there are plans in the Department to ban drift netting at sea and confine it solely to the estuaries and rivers. This may be acceptable in some areas, but it will cause huge problems elsewhere. It will mean, for instance, that some fishermen in the salmon business will have to go elsewhere to fish and that alone will cause friction among the fishermen of the area and the new arrivals. There will also be an additional cost involved, not to mention very great inconvenience and hardship for some while others will be forced to leave the industry. I would not like to see any regulation in this respect being imposed, but if it is, at least the traditional estuary limits which have been in place for hundreds of years should not be reduced in any way.