The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister for Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard, Tours the Salute to the Sockeye 2018
Media advisory
Kamloops, BC – The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will tour the Salute to the Sockeye 2018 festival. While there he will meet with representatives from the Adams River Salmon Society and the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band, observe the Interpretative Education Program for area elementary school children, view DFO biologists and technicians do in-field stock monitoring work, and see sockeye spawning in the channels on the site.
Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Time: 12:00 noon
Location: Tsútswecw (formerly Roderick Haig-Brown) Provincial Park
2300 Squilax-Anglemont Rd, Chase, BC
(Between Kamloops and Salmon Arm off the #1 Highway)
https://www.salmonsociety.com/directions/
Media are invited to accompany the Minister on a portion of the tour for photo opportunities. The Minister will be available to answer questions.
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Contacts
For more information:
Leri Davies,
Strategic Media Relations Advisor, Pacific Region
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(604) 612-6837
Leri.davies@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Jocelyn Lubczuk
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Fisheries,
Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
(343) 548-7863
Jocelyn.Lubczuk@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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