Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you all for the welcome and the opportunity to come here today to speak to you.
As you probably guessed from the green uniforms, we're from conservation and protection, enforcement branch.
To give you a quick introduction, my colleague Kevin and I are both from Newfoundland coincidentally, although he currently works in Newfoundland, in the St. John's office, and he is the director responsible for the operational aspect of our program, including the NAFO component. I, on the other hand, work here at 200 Kent Street. I moved from Newfoundland in 2005 and I currently look after more of the policy side of our operational programs.
What we thought we would do today is have Kevin give you a quick overview of the operational side of the program of NAFO and how it fits into the scheme, and then, of course, we'll offer you some great answers to your great questions at the end of the session.
Kevin and I both started as fishery officers and have both worked offshore. We've been to sea, we've flown, we were in port. We know first-hand what goes on in the NAFO regulatory area and we know what the fish look like and smell like and we also know what it's like to be seasick. We've been there.
I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Anderson.
Thank you.