Ottawa - Ontario – The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Marc Garneau, and the Member of Parliament for Acadie—Bathurst, Serge Cormier, will make an announcement related to the improved measures to protect the North Atlantic Right Whales for the 2019 season tomorrow in Shippagan, NB.
Co-chairs of a peer-review meeting on the risk to Fraser River sockeye salmon due to possible Piscine Orthoreovirus (PRV) transfer from Atlantic salmon farms, will give a media technical briefing to discuss the peer-review results.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Sean Casey, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will give a speech at the closing banquet of the Convention of the Association québécoise de l’industrie de la pêche (AQIP).
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will be visiting New Brunswick on Saturday, January 19, 2019, to meet with provincial counterparts, local stakeholders on common priorities, including oceans protection, Atlantic salmon conservation, Indigenous reconciliation and commercial fisheries. Atlantic salmon is a species of social, cultural and ceremonial importance throughout Atlantic Canada and the Miramichi is home to the most important salmon river in the Maritimes.
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, along with the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue and MP for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, will be visiting the Magdalen Islands on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 to meet with local fishing industry stakeholders and discuss priorities to support the local economy and the archipelago’s way of life.
The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will announce a community project that will receive funding to improve fish habitat. Media are invited to attend.
Vancouver, B.C. – The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will make an important announcement about measures the Government of Canada is taking to protect endangered Southern and Northern Resident Killer Whales.
Nanaimo, B.C. – The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will make an important announcement, together with the Province of British Columbia, in support of clean economic growth in the fisheries and aquaculture industries.
The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue and Member of Parliament for Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, along with Quebec Premier François Legault, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Quebec, the Honourable André Lamontagne, will make an important announcement in support of the fish and seafood sector in the province of Quebec.
