I call this meeting to order. This is meeting number 32 of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. We are continuing our study of the Atlantic lobster fishery.
I'd like to thank our guests for being here with us today and taking the time out of their very busy schedules to come and share some information with the committee. Hopefully we can draw upon that as we put together our report for the lobster fishery.
Mr. Wrobel, you're going to begin.
We have some time constraints that we usually work around. I assume the clerk may have explained that to you beforehand. You'll hear a beeping noise coming from this device and it will alert you when the time is running out. I'd ask that if you hear that noise, you begin wrapping up your comments at that point in time. I generally don't cut our guests off. The members know they have time constraints to adhere to as well for their questions and answers. I'd ask you to be mindful of the timeframes in your comments here this morning.
Once again, thank you very much. I believe you're going to start with opening comments. In your opening comments, perhaps you wouldn't mind introducing the rest of the delegation, the representatives from the various banking institutions. I'll let you proceed from there.