NOTE TO EDITORS:

Premier Roger Grimes and Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Gerry Reid will meet with the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, the Honourable Robert Thibault, on Thursday May 2. Agenda items will include foreign over fishing and other issues of mutual interest to the federal and provincial jurisdictions.

The premier and the ministers will be available to the media following the meeting at 10:30 a.m. in the Media Centre, Ground Floor, East Block, Confederation Building.

Media contact: Elizabeth Matthews, Communications, (709) 729-3733, or (709) 727-3438.

2002 05 01                           4:05 p.m.