I call this meeting to order.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us here this morning. It's great to be in Cape Breton. Thank you on behalf of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans for taking time out of your busy schedules to come to meet with us today, share with us your thoughts, and hopefully answer some questions that members will have. I'm sure you're all anticipating the questions, and the members of the committee never disappoint in that respect.
Ladies and gentlemen, we do have some time constraints we work within, in the interest of fairness to all and to try to ensure we are able to hear as many as possible and the different points of view when we meet with guests. So if you hear a beeping noise up front, it is a little timer that the clerk has. That alarm will sound and your time will have come to a close. I won't cut you off, but I ask that you please respect our timeframes and try to bring your remarks or your thoughts to a conclusion shortly after. We allow four minutes for opening comments, and the members also have certain time constraints, which they are fully apprised of.
We will begin. I'm not sure who we have first.