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I guess that what I am asking is whether there is an easy way of doing that. How do you make those rules available so that people who come into the area quickly get them and comply with them?

On the same theme, local management would give local fishers ownership of their area and create better compliance. I am not trying to pitch one sector against another, but how do you then involve in that process those fishers on boats that are not locally based? Since a lot of the fishing community move quite a lot and are not locally based, if local compliance is set up in a community, how do those fishers have a voice, and how is compliance encouraged? I am sorry—I am not putting that very clearly.

So, can—

Thank you.

What thought has been given to climate change? One of the reasons put forward for the decrease in wild salmon numbers is heavy rain at the time of fish spawning in rivers.

In addition, in Norway, when numbers are low, wild fisheries on rivers are closed. Should we look at something like that, and should we look at better river management to protect wild salmon numbers?

You quoted a figure for salmon returns. Did you say 97 per cent? Is that adult salmon, or is that smolts? The figure does not seem to fit with—

Not smolts, though.

What consideration has been given to the impact of climate change on wild salmon numbers? Earlier, we heard about Norway closing rivers for salmon fishing to protect salmon numbers. Should we be considering that?

You say that the independent validation will be reported at the end of this year. How long do you expect that validation to take? Can the industry expect changes to be rolled out at the end of this year? How long will it take to have the independent validation?

When you say that the principle should be socialised and perhaps more balanced, the fact is that, in practice, you are not sure. I suppose that I am trying to get to the bottom of what you thought was wrong in that respect.