Fisheries committee  Yes, obviously an overall plan would be a good idea. It's a fairly comprehensive study, but along with an overall plan, you have to balance it, and a 10-year plan is sometimes difficult to finance. Yes, I think we need it.

Fisheries committee  We have not in the core harbours. Non-core harbours, yes, there has been a study and there is a committee looking at that.

Fisheries committee  I don't have that cost in front of me. I'm sorry.

Fisheries committee  I would have to get that.

Fisheries committee  I can say something, if you like. I think that Mr. Wentzell did comment that the numbers and the sizes of boats have been increasing. We have noted that on the west coast also.

Fisheries committee  It's 60 tonnes. Some may be bigger.

Fisheries committee  I guess the value of the product is an impressive value. I think, though, that there are many costs that must be attributed: the costs of running and maintaining a fish boat and paying a crew. It's wages that are local, so a lot of that money does end up staying in the local comm

Fisheries committee  I believe that's true, that they are living up to their mandate. I just want to say that the fishers do pay moorage. It's less than the recreational boat moorage fees. Yes, I think that they do live up to their mandate. Here in B.C., there are a few issues, as I've identified, b

Fisheries committee  FCM, UBCM or Community Futures—I'll say those three.

Fisheries committee  In most harbours I would say yes. There are some harbours where obviously some work can be done. I want to say that with the small craft harbours, we don't run the luxury moorage that some marinas offer with the services at the harbour. I think our recreational rates are in the o

Fisheries committee  That's certainly a concern. I have to tell you that's not really my area of expertise. I'm looking at providing a service, and I think there are fishing associations that really could speak better to that than I could. I have concerns that money spent by small craft harbours doe

Fisheries committee  There are a couple of ways of achieving this, but I think the funds need to be targeted specifically. We certainly wouldn't want these funds to go into a pool of funds that are available for all kinds of projects. We want them directed to small craft harbours. The Harbour Author

Fisheries committee  Chairman and committee, thank you for inviting me. I'm a member of the Pacific regional harbour authority advisory committee. I've been the local, elected rural area representative. I'm not a fisherman, but I've served on the harbour authority since 2007 and on PRHAAC since 20