Fisheries committee  As for us in St. Brides, we have debated this a little bit over the years. We keep down our rate for berthage fees a bit because then we benefit more from their landings. We think that if our berthage fee was too high, we might frighten some of those boats away and we wouldn't be

Fisheries committee  Yes. We might get a provincial grant of $3,000 per season. That's what we obtain. You might get that for freshwater supply or saltwater supply or something like that.

Fisheries committee  That's right. I have to agree with that. The main thing is that there we do our bit of negotiating. We sit at the one table, and sometimes we get what we want and sometimes we don't. But we're still holding in there.

Fisheries committee  I do not see that happening very quickly. The last time we had elections for the harbour authority, we had something like 13 people run, and there was great interest in the harbour authority in St. Brides.

Fisheries committee  I'd like to say that I think the harbours have probably scaled down as far as they'll ever be. At least that's what we see around Avalon. What harbours are there now are the much-needed harbours. I see in our little place up there, we lost one harbour on one side of us, Point Lan

Fisheries committee  Yes, we have a fee that is based at so much per pound. We had 3.8 million pounds come in last year, and we took in a bit of money like that. I think it was a quarter cent to a half cent per pound. We also charge per vessel to tie off. That will range from $49 up to $100 for the y

Fisheries committee  I see a major need to continue with the harbour in St. Brides. We're right on the headlands of Placentia Bay. If you had to steam to another close harbour, it would be roughly three hours away to get to a good harbour. And we have a lot of fishing activity going on, right on th

Fisheries committee  You asked how many vessels we had to turn down during the year. In St. Brides haven't come to that yet. We see no problem with 20 or 25 boats, but the weather determines all that kind of stuff. When storms come up, people realize that they have to move. If the vessels are too big

Fisheries committee  I agree with everything you said there about climate change and the boats getting so much bigger. I agree with you. I think there should be more money put into the management of the harbour authorities so that we can address those problems. But I think we could also address some

Fisheries committee  Well, I see in our area that the boats are going much bigger. As I said, we have 45 fishing enterprises right in the town of St. Brides. Fifteen of them are over the age of 55. Now, as those older people get out of the fishery, their younger sons or someone else in the community

Fisheries committee  Yes. This is an overhead shot of the harbour itself. Right in here is where we're dredging out right now. We figure that we need 300 feet of marginal wharf inside, because right now when the big boats unload their catch they still have to tie up in the way under those jib cranes

Fisheries committee  Good day. I'm Kevin McGrath, fisher from St. Brides, the same home port as Mr. Manning. I hope when Mr. Manning goes to Ottawa that he introduces himself as from the same home port as Kevin McGrath the fisherman.

Fisheries committee  On October 16, 1990, our harbour authority was incorporated with a five-member elected board. The mission of the harbour authority is to operate and manage a safe and commercial fishing harbour in St. Brides. This year will mark our 18th year of operations. Presently the local