Media representatives are invited to an event where the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, on behalf of the honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, will dedicate the new maritime security vessel CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C. Members of Caporal Joseph-Thomas Kaeble's family, as well as representatives from Royal 22e Regiment and Royal Canadian Mountain Police will be participating in the ceremony.
September 11, 2014, MISSION, B.C. - On September 12, 2014, MP Randy Kamp, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Member of Parliament for Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge and Mission, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, will announce details of repairs to be completed at Mission Harbour. Photo opportunities will be available for media in attendance.
September 10, 2014 - Québec, Quebec
The Listuguj Mi'gmaq community in the Gaspé will carry out its food, social and ceremonial lobster fishing in Chaleur Bay between September 14 and October 5, 2014. This fishery, protected under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, which recognizes and confirms the ancestral and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada, is authorized under an agreement between the Mi'gmaq community and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).
September 10, 2014 - Chilliwack, British Columbia
Member of Parliament Mark Strahl (Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon), on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced that, under the second round of the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program, the Government of Canada will provide up to $124,000 to the Fraser Valley Watersheds Coalition to conserve valuable fish habitat in the Chilliwack and Vedder rivers.
Earlier today, the Honourable John Duncan, Minister of State and Chief Government Whip, along with James Lunney, Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Alberni, held a roundtable on the proposed Aquaculture Activity Regulations with key stakeholders on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
Nanaimo, B.C. - The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of State and Chief Government Whip, and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North, and Dr. James Lunney, Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Alberni, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, will be holding a media availability session regarding moving forward with aquaculture activities regulations.
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, recently met with her South Korean counterpart to advance bilateral fisheries relations. She also met with South Korean officials as well as fish and seafood industry representatives to further explore and leverage important opportunities resulting from an impending Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
