Fisheries committee  That is a very good question.

Fisheries committee  The biggest frustration with the whole thing, we have found, is the financing. It is to get the finances. That seems to be the biggest thing for us anyway. We never seem to get that funding money, and there is so much pressure, year after year, to do the same thing over and over.

Fisheries committee  A lot of that would depend on where your wharf is situated. In our area, and maybe even the Greenpoint area, a lot of the places are rock, and if the whole thing is dredged well, you only have to dredge once every 20 years. Our wharf was dredged probably 30 years ago or more, but

Fisheries committee  So it would vary from wharf to wharf. Some of them are more sheltered than others, so to me that would vary from wharf to wharf.

Fisheries committee  I would say that we do have the resources here. For contractors to bid on these jobs...there is no limit to those; there are always two or three contractors bidding on all the jobs. I believe the resources are there; all we need are the finances.

Fisheries committee  Even before that. It started the last of November.

Fisheries committee  No, absolutely none in our area.