premise: The petitioners are drawing attention to the fact that our region has been heavily affected by the groundfish moratorium imposed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada back in May 1994. Since then, the Atlantic Groundfish Strategy, or TAGS, has been the only means of survival for a large part of our population.
hypothesis: Survival of the tinny population
reason: From 1994 Atlantic Groundfish Strategy, or TAGS means of survival for a large part of our population.