Thank you, Mr. Chair
Thank you to all three witnesses for appearing today. I'd like to start with Mr. Best, if I could.
You're from the Fogo Island area, I believe. The committee was fortunate enough to travel up there a number of years ago, studying the North Atlantic cod situation. I recall hearing from the Fogo Island co-op about how it had changed its method of harvest and so on, so that it was providing a higher-quality retail or wholesale product and getting much more value per pound of impact on the fishery through that process.
Can you possibly provide a bit of testimony on the value through the longline process provided versus the value of fish caught through other processes?