The gift that keeps giving just not right. Use it or loose it is only way fix this. There is not much of a chance of recs permanently buying back TAC in my opinion. Buying it on a yearly basis is no better than the lodges that buy quota on the experimental program. Only a short term solution. The only way TAC would be available is if the commercial fleet had to fish it or loose it. If not fished it goes back into the pot. Once back into the kitty then split between rec and commie. Percentage to be determined ?
"Use IT or lose it".
That is/was the real solution here. This is what I lobbied for when this all started.
As I understand it, the gifting of quota ownership was based on catch records from the past for these skippers.
Fine and dandy to let them continue make a living until they were done fishing and retired.
Owning it and being able to lease is where this got all f'd up.
When will the "experimental quota program" be considered a failed experiment and this unfished Canadian resource be made available to Canadians?