Okay, we'll call this meeting to order.
As you may know, the chair is on his way here. We expect that his plane will land shortly, it's been delayed. But he'll be along.
This is the first day of our study on changing ocean conditions or other factors off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador that have led to stock fluctuations in northern shrimp and other species. We've set aside four meetings to begin this process or to deal with this process, and of course, as a committee, we'll see how things go and whether we need more information or more hearings or fewer hearings.
We're going to start off today with officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Thank you very much, gentlemen, for appearing today. Unless there are any other questions, why don't we get started?
If you want, please begin your presentation. You know the rules. We'll get going and then we'll open things up for questions. Thanks again very much.