Fisheries committee  It would be an easy way to get there.

Fisheries committee  Yes, right. I'm a bit of a fair-weather sailor.

Fisheries committee  What would I look for coming into a harbour?

Fisheries committee  First, that it has good protection from the elements. It has, for a recreational sailor, probably good facilities so I can go and shower. Next is probably that I can get some good provisions nearby. Third is probably that it has a couple of nice restaurants and maybe a good books

Fisheries committee  I think Maine has the advantage of being much closer to large populations of people who can afford expensive boats. A lot of those boats you'll see in a marina are parked there most of the season, and a lot of those boats do not do long-distance journeys; if they do long-distance

Fisheries committee  Could I make one more comment on Iceland? I had commented there, because we had looked at policy challenges and changes where possible, that in Iceland ...the fishing industry is not directly subsidized. The federal government is developing a policy whereby the larger harbour

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Norway was the worst case. I was most surprised that I couldn't find the information, and if I did find someone, they didn't know about what was happening at a local level. I came to the conclusion, after a lot of phone calls, that the central government wasn't involved and didn'

Fisheries committee  No, it was very clear from the people I talked to that the ownership was local, by the municipality. And I would think there are probably only two layers of government in that country--municipalities and the central government.

Fisheries committee  I'm sorry. I think for Iceland it's the municipalities that own the harbours.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Right.

Fisheries committee  Let me look at our report where we had an exhibit that tried to summarize all this information we collected, and I'll refer to Norway. What we said there was that the fisheries were important to that country but declining in importance. In that country there are 14 large, multi-p

Fisheries committee  As I said before, it's done on the phone. The budget did not allow for travel. It was of high interest to DFO officials at the time. They were very pleased with what we had done within the limited budget, and yes, I can be impressed by someone on the phone after I've had probably

Fisheries committee  Yes, that's right. It depends. You'd have to talk to the department. They were very interested in having the study done. There may have been a lack of resources internally to do the study. For all kinds of reasons, they hired us. They wanted to review their role at that time, and