Fisheries committee  First of all, I'm here representing the Association of Inshore Fishermen. We have 80-odd members and 320 licences here on the islands. In our community we also have a fishermen's cooperative that has been important in maintaining a competitive price here on the islands. We have 76 members of the cooperative.

Fisheries committee  This is a negotiation between the buyers' association and the government, of course. It's not an openly public discussion right now. In terms of the profitability of the fishery you were asking about, over the last two years we've seen an approximately $2-a-pound decrease each year in the price of lobsters.

Fisheries committee  I don't believe they would in my area.