Media Advisory: Minister to Address Annual General Meeting of Canadian Sealers Association

Fisheries and Aquaculture
March 26, 2009
Media Advisory: Minister to Address Annual General Meeting of
Canadian Sealers Association

The Honourable Tom Hedderson, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, will address the Canadian Sealers Association during their annual general meeting at 12:00 noon, tomorrow (Friday, March 27). The meeting will take place at the Fisherman�s Landing Inn, in Rocky Harbour.

The minister will be speaking on the pending vote to ban the importation of Canadian seal products into the European Union and the upcoming sealing season in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Media contact:

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

2009 03 26 9:45 a.m.

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