Fisheries committee  It would be interesting to know what the value of a seal would be. That's what I'm getting at. How will we ever know what a seal will be worth any more? I can see a problem with competition. You say you're getting feeder plants, so you set up feeder plants that go to the bigger plants.

Fisheries committee  I wouldn't push it to the twelfth. The twelfth seems to be a bit late in our area now.

Fisheries committee  On the opening dates, from our point of view in area 5, we would probably along with the fifth or the sixth or something like that--a little earlier. Last year, it seems to me, there was not so much ice as there normally is. The last two years have been pretty mild. I think all sealers would agree that we just barely made it last year to get our seals.

Fisheries committee  That's a difficult one, because—

Fisheries committee  No, I'm not on the spot. I don't mind. I'll deal with that quite well.

Fisheries committee  I think the fishermen should get the best first opportunity at the harvest, but I don't think the recreational should be eliminated altogether. They should be in a different category from the full-time fisherman. There should probably be a certain amount for recreation, separate from the commercial.

Fisheries committee  Yes, maybe we would. So that's my opinion on it.

Fisheries committee  Yes, there will be only about two buyers here: Rieber and Bill Barry. I've got nothing against you, John, but I just had to break it up here. It's sad that I had to say this, but our committee had a meeting, and I was asked to bring it up, and I think I should. I can't change it now, just because John is sitting next to me.

Fisheries committee  Okay. Thank you.

Fisheries committee  You're not going to be able to sell them. You'll have to sell them on the island to be processed. That's my understanding of it. Is that true? Will that be in 2008, or am I misled there?

Fisheries committee  I don't have very much to say. I think John pretty well covered it off. I'll go next, then. I'm going to get back to the management part of it. John covered a big part of it; I'm not going to repeat all of that. I'm not going to read my notes. I'll tell you who I am. I'm representing the small-boat group in area 5.