Fisheries committee  Well, I think adjacency is a very important matter before this panel, because if we go back and look, in my documentation, at the Beothuks.... I'm going to take you back a little bit in history, because I think this is a very important point. The Beothuks landed here or were here

Fisheries committee  There is a dramatic effect on our plant workers. In my presentation, you will see the man-hours laid out. With the cuts from the quotas that were in place in 2009 to where we are today, I think we're talking about 140 workers in the 3K area alone, and I'm talking about all specie

Fisheries committee  We're an inshore sector. Our fleet of boats fish for the cooperative. We have a membership of about 350 members. Most of those are fishermen. They supply the plant with inshore fish, the same as Mr. Watkins does. We also did have an offshore quota at one time, which we lost throu

Fisheries committee  No, it's all independently owned. Just like Mr. Watkins, they are all independent owners. They have a membership with the co-op. That's the only difference.

Fisheries committee  Well, I can ask for more time, but you're going to cut me short. I can't get through this. The guts of this are in the back end of it. I've been up all night at this, for two or three nights, until two o'clock to three o'clock in the morning, trying to present this, and we come h

Fisheries committee  I think so.

Fisheries committee  I guess I can start off. When you make reference to the incentives, are you talking government incentives or are you talking about industry incentives?

Fisheries committee  The biggest problem in the plants with the seniors right now is are they capable of doing the work, the output that's necessary to make your plant productive? We see a big drop in our direct labour costs. On a yearly basis, you can see the toll on the people. I don't know what ki

Fisheries committee  I'd say about a month ago I spoke with the Minister of Fisheries in St. John's, and I did raise that exact same question with him. Maybe the right model is a cooperative model, where you have an investment by fishermen, by plant workers, into your community, into your business.

Fisheries committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and committee members. My name is Phil Barnes. I represent the Fogo Island Co-Operative Society Limited, out of Fogo Island. The co-operative was formed back in the sixties as part of an initiative that was taken on by fishermen on the island, and with the