Fisheries committee  The thing that really baffled us and the fishermen was that our report was shelved. We totally did it on our own; we were not asked to do it by anybody, but totally did it with industry. When it ended up with DFO, our proposal was shelved. I couldn't believe it.

Fisheries committee  I approached two banks on this issue, as I was wondering how they were lending money to the fishermen lately. Both banks informed me they'd give me 75% of whatever the boat was worth. So if you were buying a fleet and your boat is worth $10,000, you'd have to come up with $192,50

Fisheries committee  On the buyout aspect of it, we always stated that we buy out the aging fishermen first. There's a large percentage. I don't know if it's 50% or not, but it's over 50% now and there's a very large percentage ready to get out of the fisheries, though. They would have first crack a

Fisheries committee  Just to mention a few things on the conservation part of the buyback, if we take out the 65 fleets to start with, there's an environment impact. Each boat burns 20 to 30 gallons a day; anything they may be dispersing into the water is gone. Concerning the 50 traps, there are 402

Fisheries committee  Even the plant workers, as you mentioned, could also fall under that criterion. It's not our avenue to speak for them, but where they would have low hours in the plants and everything, they could fall under. But for 2008, as Bobby mentioned, a lot of fishermen had a hard time. It

Fisheries committee  On EI we came up with that scenario we mentioned earlier. It has to come out fairly soon, because of the “ma and pa” operations where people are.... It could be that we are fishing to go in the hole to get our EI status. If this were put in place, we'd be able to go out maybe thr

Fisheries committee  It works on a money amount for us. I am not really sure what that amount is, but it is so much after your boat. I think 25% comes off your boat, and I think you need roughly $12,000 after expenses and everything to qualify for EI. Anyhow, that's the way it is. And then there are

Fisheries committee  The goal is that if it goes into place and you don't need it, then you don't need it; and if you need it, you get it. It is not really doing anything extra if you don't need it.