Fisheries committee  I would add to that. Of course, in regard to stability, no matter what you do, when you're looking for investment you expect a return. That was the reason, I believe, that they established a threshold of 37,600 tonnes in 1997. That was the whole idea behind it. But when you advan

Fisheries committee  Thanks, Yvonne, for the comments. One thing I want to mention is that when you look at the size of the vessels that fish the resource, if you look at the inshore fleet, you're dealing with vessels that are primarily around 65 feet. When you look at the offshore resource it's th

Fisheries committee  Yes, I would just chime in for a second. To use your own words, this is a big ocean and you mentioned the 1,100 trawl sets. From my perspective, when you look at the coast of Labrador and way down to the south coast of Newfoundland, I would argue that 1,100 trawl sets is really n

Fisheries committee  First of all, to go back to your first question, Mr. Cleary, as you know in our province there are very little opportunities with all of those species. We're seeing challenges and pressures put on the biomass, certainly with crab, as you mentioned. There are not a whole lot of

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Thank you. Not to really duplicate what we've already heard, but I think that 2007 was a defining moment, as I see it, in this fishery. Before 2007 we saw the system of temporary licence holders. That changed in 2007 when they were given permanent status. As a result of that, man

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Keith. My name is Dwight Ball. I want to thank the committee for taking the time today to meet with us as well. I'm the leader of the official opposition of Newfoundland and Labrador. One of the key messages we want to convey today is that the economic impacts of a