Salmon recovery success from world’s first marine conservation farm site
Media Advisory
October 11, 2017 Alma, New Brunswick Parks Canada
The New Brunswick’s Minister of Energy and Resource Development and Minister of Aquaculture and Fisheries, the Honourable Rick Doucet and New Brunswick MPs from Fundy Royal, Alaina Lockhart, and New Brunswick Southwest, Karen Ludwig, will celebrate the return of an unprecedented number of endangered wild salmon to Fundy National Park. The now, mature salmon have been reared at the world’s first wild Atlantic salmon marine conservation farm and will be released back to their native rivers to spawn.
Media opportunity includes seeing a helicopter release endangered inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon into the river.
Please note that this advisory is subject to change without notice.
The details are as follows:
Date: Thursday, October 12, 2017
Time: The event starts at 12:00 p.m.
Media to arrive at 11:30 a.m. for program overview
Location: Fundy National Park Swimming Pool
Point Wolfe Road, Fundy National Park
Alma, New Brunswick
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Information:
Danielle Latendresse
Public Relations
New Brunswick South Field Unit
danielle.latendresse@pc.gc.ca
506-381-0296