Thank you, Mr. Chair, and to all our presenters today, welcome.
I want to go to Professor Dadswell for a second.
In your opening remarks you seemed to say that the Government of Canada will likely cause large-scale damage to lobster stocks in the Maritimes and cause a decline in lobster landings in this region.
Some of the current concerns we are hearing are that catch rates during the summer are substantially higher than in the fall. In your opinion, what would catch rates be for summer fishing vis-à-vis seasonal fishing? Also, how important, as I think you've said already, is St. Marys Bay to lobster production for Southwest Nova, the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine?