Good morning, colleagues and international guests.
Welcome to our guests from Norway and Iceland, who will be speaking about the northern cod fishery and northern cod management in their respective jurisdictions.
From the Government of Norway, we have Vidar Landmark, director general, Department for Fisheries and Aquaculture; and Elisabeth Norgard Gabrielsen, director of the section for fisheries management. From Iceland, we have Gudmundur Thordarson, head of the Demersal research station in Iceland.
I should say, Dr. Thordarson, that I am from Manitoba and I know the community of Gimli very well. There are many Thordarsons and Fredericksons and Tomlinsons there. Just the week before last, I was at the Atlantic Salmon Federation dinner and I sat at the table with the ambassador from Iceland and his wife. There's a very strong Manitoba-Iceland connection, and I'm just delighted that you're able to join us today.
Normally every speaker gets 10 minutes. Given the fact that our time constraints are not nearly as they usually are, if you go over a little bit, I think the committee would welcome that, given your kindness in terms of participating in these hearings for us. There will be 10 minutes or so of speaking by our witnesses, and then there will be questions and answers after both speakers.
Who will be going first?