Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
And thank you, Mr. Gagnon, for your appearance here this morning.
The issue I'd like to address, if you wouldn't mind, is the issue of costs. In your presentation here it says that DFO reimburses OCs for coordination and administrative costs while fishers pay the OCs for costs directly related to the deployment of observers at sea and on shore about 70% of the total cost. The negotiation of those costs, then, is part of the bidding process, is that correct?