NOTE TO EDITORS: Ministers Hearn and Rideout available to media

Tom Rideout, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, will meet with Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, on Tuesday, February 14. Ministers Hearn and Rideout will be available to the media following their meeting.

This will be their first meeting since Minister Hearn was appointed to his post on February 6, 2006.

Date:
Tuesday, February 14

Time:
Meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. Media availability will begin shortly after the meeting has concluded, at approximately 2:00 p.m. local time.

Location:
Lobby of the Fairmont Newfoundland
St. John�s, NL

Media contact:

Steve Outhouse
Interim Press Secretary
Office of the Minister
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(613) 294-8213

Jan Woodford
Regional Director of Communications
Newfoundland and Labrador Region
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(709) 772-7622

Lori Lee Oates, ABC
Director of Communications
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
(709) 729-3733, 690-8403

2006 02 13                                     3:45 p.m.