I guess if I sound nervous, it's because I am.
I'll introduce myself. My name is John Kearley. I'm the general manager of Carino Company Limited. Carino operates a large sealskin processing facility in South Dildo, Trinity Bay, in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Carino Company was incorporated in Newfoundland in February of 1957, as the first overseas subsidiary of GC Rieber & Co of Bergen, Norway.
The name Carino is actually an acronym, and it's derived as follows: the CA comes from Canada, the RI comes Rieber, and the NO comes from Norway.
First I'd like to address a few DFO administrative habits that have led to difficulties in terms of quota overuns, in some instances, and quotas not being taken during the sealing season over the past few years.
As you are all aware, many sealers operate under a daily hail or daily count, which is DFO's main information source to ensure that quotas are enforced. Unfortunately, during the sealing season there are both weekends and holidays and in past years the DFO staff have not been available during those times. That, in turn, has led to quota overruns. The result has been that when the system is—