Fisheries committee  It's a rare boat that hasn't collided.

Fisheries committee  Yes. Right now our harbour must be dredged at least twice a year. If you look at the pictures, you can see Mr. Lesperance standing right in the centre of it. As we know, he's not all that tall, and he's standing knee-deep in water there. So we can't even get out right now. We feel that if we had the wharf extended out to a little deeper water and equal lengths, it would prevent that sandbar from accumulating.

Fisheries committee  Basically we could fish there now with a canoe, perhaps.

Fisheries committee  That's what we'd like to see done, an extension to that, to get it wider and deeper.

Fisheries committee  Basically that long extension behaves like a snow fence. It gathers the sand behind it. It causes a problem. If we had the both of them at equal distance, then you wouldn't get that buildup.... We believe that. I mean, obviously there's got to be some engineering things there too.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First of all, on behalf of Naufrage Harbour Authority, I'd like to extend our condolences to Mr. Raynald Blais on the loss of his constituents in the tragic accident a few weeks ago. Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Gérard Steele.