Mayor Bertram Strickland, Town of St. Alban's |
MHA Fortune Bay - Cape Lahune, Oliver Langdon |
MP Bill Matthews, Burin - St. George's |
Wayne Long Scotiaview Seafood Inc. |
Dr. Brian Glebe |
A Discussion in Progress |
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On Saturday, the participants from the
shellfish and finfish sectors came together for day of general sessions. The day
began with a welcome by Mayor Bertram Strickland of St. Alban's and addresses by the Hon.
Oliver Langdon, MHA, Fortune Bay - Cape LaHune and Bill Matthews, MP, Burin - St.
George's. Tracey Perry and Churence Rogers, Chairs of the forum, then gave a recap
of the previous day's activities and discussions. The first presenter for the day was
Wayne Long of Scotiaview Seafood Inc. who gave a detailed explanation of the dynamics
affecting world seafood prices. Dr. Brian Glebe then spoke about how best to achieve
increased profits in the aquaculture industry.
At the luncheon, the Hon. Gerry Reid, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, talked
about the importance of the aquaculture industry to the provincial economy. He also
talked about the advantages that the south coast of the province has for aquaculture
development as compared to the norther coasts of the province. Minister Reid
pointed out that more of our educated youth need to look at opportunities in aquaculture
at home before heading off to mainland Canada and the USA to work in similar
industries.
Johnathon Moir, North Atlantic Sea Farms Ltd., gave a presentation on cod farming and
their plans for the region over the next five years. He talked about the
opportunities in that sector as well the economics as compared with other finfish
aquaculture markets. This was followed by Dave Conley of DC Conley and Associates,who gave
an indepth discussion of the importance of communications to dispel myths about the
aquaculture industry and to avoid conflicts with other users of the marine environment.
Nell Halse, of the New Brunswick Salmon Growers Association, posed the question of whether
aquaculturists are 'framers' or 'fishers' and gave an insightful presentation of the
similarities and the differences and how these interpretations affect policies and
regulations pertaining to the industry.
Hon. Gerry Reid, Minister of Fisheries & Aquaculture |
Jonathon Moir, North Atlantic Sea Farms Ltd. |
Dave Conley, DC Conley & Associates |
Nell Halse, NBSGA |
For more information about the Coast of Bays region, contact:
Tracey Perry, Executive Director
Coast of Bays Corporation
P.O. Box 310
St. Alban's, Newfoundland
A0H 1P0
Phone: 709-538-3552
Fax: 709-538-3627
E-mail: inquiries@coastofbays.nl.ca |
