Why is government sure that the RMS system will bring a greater degree of stability to the processing sector?
We can never be absolutely certain about the impacts of a new system until it is tried. However, we know that the RMS system brought benefits to the shrimp sector in 2004. We also know that a laissez faire approach in crab resulted in serious disruption in 1997, the last time the various market factors were lined up against us like they are this year. We also have more crab processing licenses than in 1997, which further contributes to instability.
