Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you to all our witnesses for being here and providing your testimony on Bill C-68.
Mr. Berry, you talked about the owner-operator principle. We had some young fish harvesters from the west coast in front of the committee, and they were very passionate about this principle and idea of owner-operator. They were passionate about having fisher harvesters who actually fish being the operators, as opposed to investors who make it more costly or cost prohibitive for some, especially new entrants like them, to get into fishing.
Can you provide any advice from your perspective? You mentioned off the start in your testimony, your successful area in LFA 34. Is there any advice that you could give the west coast?
When Mr. Finnigan was asking you some questions about whether you could envision change, I think your comments about the situation were important. If you look at the west coast, we're faced with the ITQ system, so moving to owner-operators is pretty tricky. Is there any advice that you could provide?