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[Ross Wilson]: the current management of the stocks and we're talking about.

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[Ross Wilson]: Historically, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans provided a co-management program where they sat down with us and allowed us to present our position but went away from the meeting with no inclusion to their integrated fishery management plans.

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[Ross Wilson]: Well, today it's a little different.

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[Ross Wilson]: Today, DFO, due to the case studies and First Nations, basically informing all that we have a title and rights and have ownership to our traditional territories, as well as rights and access to all resources, which includes the herring fishery.

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[Ross Wilson]: So under the Doctrine of Priorities,

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[Ross Wilson]: The Department of Fisheries recognizes access to those stocks, such as herring, with the first access is conservation.

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[Ross Wilson]: So if a stock is in jeopardy, no one gets to fish it.

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[Ross Wilson]: The second set of priorities for the Doctrine of Priorities is the food, social, and ceremonial fisheries, where First Nations have a right to access the stock for food, for ceremonial uses, and for social uses.

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[Ross Wilson]: And then what comes after FSC, as we call it, is the commercial right to fish, the stock, which is identified in permits that the Department of Fisheries hands out.

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[Ross Wilson]: And then the sport industry comes into play after that in the doctrinal priorities.