The Honourable Tom Rideout, Minister of Fisheries and
Aquaculture, will attend a meeting of the Atlantic Council of Fisheries
and Aquaculture Ministers (ACFAM) in Montreal on Friday, February 1.
Fisheries renewal, the seal industry and aquaculture
development will be among the issues discussed at the meeting.
While in Montreal, the minister will also be meeting
directly with the Honourable Laurent Lessard, Minister of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food for the Government of Quebec. The two ministers will
discuss numerous issues of mutual importance to both jurisdictions,
including the seal and shrimp fisheries and fishing industry renewal.
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Media contact:
Lori Lee Oates
Director of Communications
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
709-729-3733, 690-8403
2008 01 31
10:20 a.m.