This might have allowed the City already to recover from 2002 part of the considerable amount of money spent for the Ostend fish auction before its restructuring or at least to cover the financial burden of the repaying the bank loans instead of running the very high risk — especially in light of the earlier poor performance of the auction — of increasing the losses that would need to be recovered at a later stage.
See oleks võimaldanud linnal juba 2002. aastal tagasi saada olulise summa rahast, mis kulutati Oostende kalaoksjonile enne selle ümberkorraldamist, või vähemalt katta pangalaenude tasumise finantskoormuse selle asemel, et väga julgelt riskeerida – eriti oksjoni varasemaid kehvi tulemusi arvesse võttes – ja suurendada kahjusid, mis tuleb hiljem tasa teha.