Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome gentlemen, madam.
We have already heard many things. I know that the lobster industry was considered some time ago as a very prosperous one. Everything was going fine, or almost. It was not obvious because there were some fishing areas where the incomes were very low, but they were somewhat better in others. Nevertheless, on the whole, the market was rather good.
We are now in the throes of a recession that hits mainly the United States but that also spills over here. Tell me if a scenario such as I will describe is possible, because I have no idea: if we did not have this global recession, do you not feel that we would still have problems in the lobster fishery? We are focussing a lot on the price at this time, but the malaise might go much deeper than that.
Do you believe one short term and very circumscribed intervention would be enough to solve the problem? I would like to hear your comments on this.