Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our witnesses today. It's a pleasure to have you come in and be with us and share your knowledge of the industry.
Mr. Hines, you talked about quality. A few of my questions are about quality. Let's put in perspective quality from the boat to the shore and get some idea.... I know we heard Mr. MacDonald this morning, and maybe he led us to believe that the quality isn't there coming from the boats to shore. So my questions are going to be on that aspect, to get an idea of what the quality of the product is, because obviously that's the first step in the chain, and an important one.
On mortality rates, this morning we were led to believe that there's a lot of mortality in the lobsters coming to shore, and a lot are being dumped. It is as high as 10 million to 15 million pounds. I'm just wondering if you feel that this is a fair assessment of the circumstance. Would the industry, in your opinion, be open to some sort of dockside monitoring to see where we're to when it comes to the dock? Is that an avenue that perhaps we should pursue?