June 8, 2011
OTTAWA—The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, today issued the following statement:
Last weekend, during a working visit to Cape Breton, I had the honour and pleasure of visiting the largest First Nation in Atlantic Canada, and of learning about the governance and operational structures that have been put in place in the commercial fishery there.
Chief Leroy Denny of the Eskasoni First Nation provided a gracious welcome.
As a new Fisheries and Oceans Minister, it is important for me to listen more than I talk and I was honoured to sit with Chief Denny and his colleagues to learn more about the Eskasoni approach to the fisheries.
I look forward to continuing our collaborative fisheries management relationship, and to working together to secure the long-term socio-economic prosperity of this and other communities where the fishery plays such a central role.
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For more information:
Frank Stanek
Media Relations
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ottawa
613-990-7537
Erin Filliter
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ottawa
613-992-3474
