Media Advisory: Minister to Appear Before
Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

The Honourable Tom Hedderson, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, will appear before the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans today (Thursday, October 29) from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EST). It will take place in Room 160-S, Centre Block, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

The minister will be addressing the proposed changes to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Convention.

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Media contact:
Lori Lee Oates
Director of Communications
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
709-729-3733, 690-8403
mailto:oatesll@gov.nl.ca 

2009 10 29                                                    9:15 a.m.