Fisheries committee  At Lamèque, there is no dredging to be done. All we need is money for a wharf. That is all.

Fisheries committee  The Lamèque Harbour Committee derives its income from electricity and mooring fees, and from renting out unloading docks. This is paid for by users. Our revenues are the same as our annual expenses. Sometimes, at the end of the year, we have a deficit of $2,000 or $3,000 on the books.

Fisheries committee  You're talking about small craft harbours, but in Lamèque, Shippagan and Caraquet, there basically are none. Heavy machinery cannot really be used to do that type of work on the wharves. It is much too big and heavy. Our port is designed to accommodate commercial vessels. You are talking about small craft harbours, and I know there are such harbours, but the larger ports around the Peninsula are located at Lamèque, Shippagan and Caraquet.

Fisheries committee  Good morning. My name is Aurèle Chiasson. I am the Manager of the Lamèque Harbour Authority Committee. In 1968, we were the first of all the wharves to create a port authority committee. Back then, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans had said that it would hand over the wharves in operating condition, meaning safe on all fronts.