Fisheries committee  Maybe I'll make a comment first. First of all, I'm going to address the LIFO issue. It has been pointed out—we've pointed it out, others will point it out to you, and I'm sure you're going to hear it again on Wednesday, knowing somebody who's going to be presenting to you—that t

Fisheries committee  I won't repeat anything Keith said, but I think another practical way is looking at the fact that the offshore, for example, has access to all of the seven and the inshore only to two of them. Certainly, this has been presented to us in hearings that were held. Should the offshor

Fisheries committee  I'll just add two points. I won't repeat what's been said. In the presentation we heard from the Fogo co-op. They will be absolutely devastated by the loss of their shrimp quota. It was quite telling to see their presentation, to listen to their presentation, quite frightening.

Fisheries committee  That's right, yes. Except for one point: we need to make sure that we have the full information backing that up.

Fisheries committee  No, but we have an issue with management, and I think that's the bottom line here, the management and the decisions that have been made with regard to it. All of what you're saying may be true, but the bottom line is that we don't see an equitable sharing of the burden of what's

Fisheries committee  Yes. It's just to say I know that there has been discussion over the decades, going right back to Michael Kirby, that we shouldn't make decisions in the fishery based on seeing it as a social program. I understood where Michael Kirby was coming from at that time, and I certainly

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Dwight. As has been said, I am Lorraine Michael, Leader of the New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, and I, too, thank the committee for being able to be here today. This all-party committee understands that there is a review of the underlying climatic a