Fisheries committee  We have 10 shrimp plants in the province, most of them in communities of certainly less than 5,000 in population, and most of them, in fact, in communities of less than probably 2,000 in population, I would suggest. The only show in town, really, is the plant and the jobs on the

Fisheries committee  Mr. Russell is from the coast of Labrador, which is right on the fishing grounds; they're absolutely adjacent to his doorstep. There were licences issued for people very remote from there who are getting access while he's seeing his business go down the drain. He too invested in

Fisheries committee  What is true is that there's a committee in place called the Northern Shrimp Advisory Committee. What is not true are statements that some people have made, from DFO, that the changes in the wording and in the policy definitions in that act were supported by our organization. I'l

Fisheries committee  I've written on what I've perceived as the unfairness of the sharing arrangements on the stock for, oh, the last...I have letters going back at least for the last three or four years. There was a period of about 11 years when the inshore got roughly 40%, give or take a percentage

Fisheries committee  They would be in English only, but yes, I can.

Fisheries committee  They'd be mostly baby boomers—55-plus.

Fisheries committee  Yes, I believe so. On the issue of the explanation, because there was a rule, a threshold brought in, in 1997, that subsequently got changed in 2003 without any transparency to that change, and then got changed again in 2007 without any transparency to that change.... In what a

Fisheries committee  My understanding of those is limited to what the public documentation of this is, because most of these companies aren't publicly traded. There are three that I know of that are entirely Newfoundland owned. There are two, the Labrador Fishermen’s Union Shrimp Company and the Torn

Fisheries committee  Well, given that some of these quotas are in areas that are to the far north and beyond the reach of the vessels, other than with freezing technology—because you're too far to keep the shrimp fresh and get it back to a plant in the further north—the most beneficial use of the off

Fisheries committee  Thank you. I'll be brief because I don't have much choice. Unlike fisheries with centuries of history, as many as our fisheries have, northern shrimp is a very recent fishery. Mr. Genge from the northern peninsula, who's behind us here, who came from Newfoundland with me because

Fisheries committee  I appreciate that, sir. It's really helpful to actually walk through things and explain them as opposed to.... In any event, one of the tables goes into the landings by area of the offshore fleet. There are areas ranging from area 0 in the far north, which is way down the Davis

Natural Resources committee  Let me put it this way. I don't think that the extent of the risk taken on by the people who work in the fishing industry as a result of the arrival of the oil and gas industry has been recognized or dealt with, and there is a great deal of risk. In our province, our fishery is

Natural Resources committee  It's hard to fix it once the problem has happened. If there's a lesson out of the gulf.... The CEO of Exxon told the congressional committee they weren't prepared for that event, and if you're not prepared for an event, the development shouldn't take place beforehand. To wait and

Natural Resources committee  On the seismic issue, I think the unknown with that issue is the long-term impact. I'm not an expert in the area by a long shot, but intuitively, I don't think it's a great thing for the species that live there. It's a bit like having a jackhammer in your kitchen when you're tr

Natural Resources committee  I can't say there's been no research done. I'm not an expert on any research that has been done. Some degree of immediate dispersal of fish has been shown, but then over a relatively short period of time that impact seems to have diminished. I'm not aware of any research that ha