Fisheries committee  If you gave each of us $120,000 a year, I would be really glad to get it, because for us $100,000 would mean the refacing of the inside of the wharf in the first year. In the second year we'd go with half of the dredging. In the third year we'd go with the wall inside of the whar

Fisheries committee  You have to differentiate between the big wharves and the small ones. If our authority were to demand a certain amount of money to offload the fish, it would be completely ridiculous. We have 25 fishers. We weigh the lobster and the herring. They have a fleet of vessels which off

Fisheries committee  We have the same kind of docking fees in Pointe-Verte. We don't charge per pound. You were asking how much per pound, but none of us in a small harbour would--

Fisheries committee  At one point, I contacted people to find out whether or not ACOA could help us. I think that the purpose of ACOA is to help develop the regions. Be that as it may, people appear to think that fishing is a special case and that some other sector will look after it. We are still wa

Fisheries committee  No, and I don't want to be. I am a fisher and I was also president of the Administration portuaire de Pointe-Verte for several years, but I got tired of this role. It is true that we are frustrated. It is a little bit difficult to set the rules when you are a fisher yourself. One

Fisheries committee  ACOA stands for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. This agency is supposed to develop the Atlantic area and to distribute money amongst the small economic hubs of the region, but it does not do this. It does not respect its mandate, at least not at certain levels and certa

Fisheries committee  We think that regular maintenance and dredging for six or seven years at Pointe-Verte would have been enough. When they came 18 years ago for the first time to dig, they had to dynamite most of the wharf. When 10,000 metres of rocks are left in the corner of the wharf from the ou

Fisheries committee  My name is Yvon Arseneau. I'm originally from Pointe-Verte, where I am a fisherman. I would like to speak in French. There are approximately 25 fishermen at our wharf, which is equivalent to some 50 direct seasonal jobs for a small village like Pointe-Verte. This is quite a sig