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Fisheries and Aquaculture
November 17, 2011

Media Advisory: Provincial and Federal Governments
and FFAW to Announce Lobster Sustainability Plan

The Honourable Darin King, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, will join the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Earle McCurdy, President of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers, to announce funding details for a sustainability and conservation plan for the lobster fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador.

The announcement will take place tomorrow (Friday, November 18) at 10:00 a.m. at the Delta Hotel, located at 120 New Gower Street in St. John’s. Members of the media are invited to attend a technical briefing in Salon D at 9:15 a.m. Media will be required to present valid media accreditation with picture identification.

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Media contacts:

Jason Card
Director of Communications
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
709-729-3733, 699-0470
jasoncard@gov.nl.ca
Barbara Mottram
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
613-992-3474

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

2011 11 17             2:45 p.m.

 
 
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