I watch this report too and fear the sinking redfish number dropping so hard. It was close to 170K in January. Losing another 900 of them in May is not a good sign in my opinion.
This report shows we have less than 10K in "people who matter" here. The barriers to entry are so high, I do not see that increasing soon.
Out of the 20 or so people I have brought in here, only my son remains. Only because I hound him and help him. My two that had been trying this spring both gave up in May.
Sigh.