Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I think this gentleman raises a good point. What's pretty clear to us is that it's not very clear just what the current regulations are and where the process is going. Our understanding is that there are current stability requirements, but Transport Canada is reviewing those requirements and is going through a process of consultation. We'll gazette those new requirements, get feedback on those again, and then put them in place in mid-2008. But it sounds as if you're already getting some directives from Transport Canada in terms of what requirements you need to meet.
My understanding is that Transport Canada has one set of regulations for large fishing vessels—probably most of you don't have those—and another set of regulations for small fishing vessels. For example, those regulations say that even though your boat could be as small as 15 gross tons, but up to 150 gross tons, if you catch herring or capelin you have to have a stability booklet.
By stability test, are you referring to the requirement to have a stability booklet? Is that the same thing, as far as you know? What are the lengths of the boats, or the sizes of the boats, that you use here in Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and what do you catch? Do you catch herring and capelin, and how far do you go when you fish?
Those would be my questions.