Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to the witnesses who have taken time out of their busy schedules to come in here. I particularly want to thank Mr. MacIntyre, because he comes from the eastern end of P.E.I. That's the riding I represent.
Mr. MacIntyre, I knew your grandfather. He worked in the fishery his whole life. He was a fisheries officer for many years, so conservation was key in his approach to fishing. He also worked with the wildlife federation as a volunteer. I know that if you started working with him at the age of six, you would have learned a lot of good life lessons in regard to conservation and protecting the fishery for the future.
In your opening statement, you described the effects of the mackerel closure in 2022. You had been fishing mackerel commercially prior to that, according to your testimony.
Can you give us an analysis of how this has hit your bottom line, if we look at the difference between that 75ยข bait and the bait you're catching today, and if there was no bait fishery, where that would end up costing you additional dollars?