Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I just want to say it's good to be here in Newfoundland. I am from a different west coast--the west coast of Canada. I'm from British Columbia. I apologize right up front for my accent. I hope you can understand me. I'm also a new MP. I just got elected in November. I got on to the fisheries committee, and this is of great importance on the west coast.
When I heard the motion on the east coast, I thought this committee needs to look at the snow crab issue.
My colleagues have raised some points, but I wanted to touch on management and marketing. A number of points have been identified, but it seems that one of the main problems identified here is too many harvesters chasing too few resources. Obviously we have an issue there.
Mr. McCurdy, maybe you could elaborate a bit more. You talked about an orderly transition in terms of those currently in the industry. Perhaps you could talk a little bit more about what you mean by that.
Mr. Decker, you talked about the importance of marketing. It seems as if there's real opportunity here. Perhaps you could maybe touch a little more on how we could go about marketing this product.