I'll just read it into the record, Mr. Chair:
That the Committee immediately undertake a study on the impacts of the cuts to the inshore shrimp quota off the coast of Newfoundland & Labrador on fishermen and the local economy; and that the study include a review of the Department of Fisheries and Ocean’s science related to the shrimp fishery and the management policy known as last in first out; and that witnesses include but are not limited to: DFO officials, DFO scientists, local fishermen, and local processors.
The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans appeared before our committee a couple of weeks ago and I had an opportunity to ask her about impending cuts to the shrimp quota. Over the weekend, the shrimp quota was cut. It was cut by 10,000 tonnes for our inshore fishermen and by less than 1,000 tonnes for our offshore licence holders. The way the quota was cut is a result of last in, first out. A last in, first out policy is basically—