Fisheries committee  Yes, that is close.

Fisheries committee  The only other thing I can remember about it is that you had a licence for 34 feet 11 inches, and if it was an old boat, you could buy her up to 39 feet 11 inches, but she had to be an old one. You weren't allowed to bid on a new one.

Fisheries committee  I bought a new boat and I had to go to the bank to get a loan, but they wanted to know my income before they gave me the loan. They want their money back. They're going to get it back, right. If you don't have enough to fish to put a piece on your boat or build a new boat or wha

Fisheries committee  What would I say to them? I'd say, I made it clear to you that when I made a request to get a bigger boat, I wasn't going to demand any more quota. But if there's something comes on stream, I'll be entitled to get more, just as you'll be able to get more. I want to stay where I

Fisheries committee  Right now, I do nothing because I already have what I want. I don't know about these gentlemen.

Fisheries committee  I'm staying where I'm to, right?

Fisheries committee  And they happen away from the community that should be there. What I'm trying to say is that last year this committee met in Bonavista. All right. How many fishermen are there in Gander? I had to get up this morning at five o'clock to drive here to Gander. What I'm saying is, g

Fisheries committee  Scott, we're going to have to change because the industry is dictating to us to change. Right now there are fellows who had to go and change their boats. They had to put freezers in their boats and water tanks in their boats to carry the crab, to keep the crab alive. So we're goi

Fisheries committee  That's right.

Fisheries committee  I'm not understanding the question. Come by me again.

Fisheries committee  Probably we should be looking at it this way: if John is willing to retire, the government should buy him out, take his quota, and put the quota into a pot; then all the other fishermen, like me and this gentleman here, could go in and get a piece of that. Do you understand what

Fisheries committee  No, I had no consultation with anybody, none whatsoever. Nobody contacted me. I don't know about John--

Fisheries committee  --but I never had any.

Fisheries committee  Last April?

Fisheries committee  I don't know whether that would be a good idea or not. As I said this morning, Bonavista was a community of 5,200 people, and now we're down to about 4,000. If you look at the crew issue, if John and I and this gentleman here buddy up, well, that's three crew members out on one.