Thank you very much, convener. The other co-convener, who was chosen at the initial meeting that we held to organise the group on 7 February, is my colleague Tavish Scott. We offered other interested parties the opportunity to be co-conveners, but that is what we have ended up with.
Since 1999, when the Scottish Parliament resumed, there has never been a cross-party group on fishing. Perhaps the profile that fishing has in light of the substantial changes that the catching sector in particular expects when we leave the common fisheries policy has drawn together a diverse group of interests in the industry. We have people with environmental interests—we have made sure that they are included—from the catching sector and from the processing sector.
Fishing is an important industry for many people in specific areas of Scotland but one that will probably pass by many other areas. We have never had particularly good-quality information flowing from the industry to members of the Parliament when we have debates, and we see an opportunity to get the diverse group of people to whom I referred, who often fundamentally disagree with one another, together in one room to ensure that parliamentarians are much better informed.
I am delighted that, at our first meeting, representatives from all the political parties were prepared to sign up for membership. At the moment, the exception is the Greens but that was purely because the person who might be interested happened to be unwell. I cannot commit other people to sign up but I expect that there will be a further sign-up.
I hope that the group will better inform Parliament and provide a structure for the many different parts of the industry to talk to one another in a way that is moderated by their being under the beady eye of Parliament. The industry has surprisingly few opportunities to meet together in all its diversity and we might be creating such an opportunity for the first time.
I am happy to take any questions that members have.