the first item i have today is to introduce our chief operating officer, byron rhett. s going to give a brief overview of a conference he attended on april 8. thank you, byron. >> byron rhett, chief operating officer. commissioners, thank you for the opportunity to talk briefly about the sea trade global conference that was held april 8 through 11 in miami, florida. it's a large international cruise conference. this is the 35th anniversary of this conference. it is really well attended. 13,000 participants, 70 different cruise lines attend the conference. myself and mike nerney, the assistant deputy director for maritime attended the conference. we attend as participants we al -- but also as exhibitors, and we participant through cruise west associations. mike nerney is president of that organization. it's nine west coast ports that participate. we're one of the nine. it is victoria, canada to the north, san diego, california to the south. it was also a good opportunity to work with carnival corporation. as you know, through quarters of our calls are through carnival an