What we heard report

A summary of comments from the Ministerial Roundtable on North Atlantic Right Whales

Appendix: Participants and Observers

The Ministerial Roundtable brought together 32 participants from all levels of government, academia, non-governmental organizations, industry, and Indigenous communities.

Roundtable participants

• Allen, Carl, President, Maritime Fisherman’s Union – Union des pêcheurs des maritimes
• Arnold, Shannon, Ecology Action Centre
• Asaro, Mike, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Federal
• Bernard, Chief Patricia, Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick (Maliseet Nation in New Brunswick)
• Bourque, Denis, Chef D'escale, Escale Îles de la madeleine
• Brown, Moira, PhD., Canadian Whale Institute/ Campobello Whale Rescue Team
• Burrows, Bruce R., Chamber of Marine Commerce
• Buy, Serge A., Canadian Ferry Association
• Cameron, Doug, PEI Snowcrab Fishermen Inc.
• Campbell , Tommy, Area 19 Snow Crab Association
• Clemence, Corryn, Charlottetown Harbour Authority Inc
• Côté, Daniel, Mayor, Ville de Gaspé, QC
• Daoust, Pierre-Yves, University of PEI
• Doucet, Serge, Regional Director General, Gulf Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Duguay, Gilles, Alliance des pêcheurs du Québec
• Gionet, Joel, Association de crabiers acadiens (ACA)
• Hardy, Matthew, Director, Aquatic Resources, DFO
• Jenkins, Bobby, President, Prince Edward Island Fisherman’s Association
• Kelly, Brianne, World Wildlife Fund - Canada
• LeBlanc, Leonard, Managing Director, Gulf Nova Scotia Fleet Planning Board
• McCloskey, Shane, Minister’s Office, Transport CanadaOffice of the Minister of Transport
• Noel, Martin, Association des pêcheurs professionnels crabiers acadiens (APPCA)
• Norsworthy, Peter, MSC Snow Crab client group
• Paul , Chief Terry, Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs (Kwilmu'kw Maw-klusuaqn)
• Pelletier, Mario, Deputy Commissioner – Operations, Canadian Coast Guard
• Sainte-Croix, Stéphane, Escale Gaspésie
• Simard, Sonia, Director, Director Legislative and Environmental Affairs, Shipping Federation of Canada
• Sonnenberg, Melanie, Canadian Independent Fish Harvesters Federation
• Taggart, Christopher, PhD., Dalhousie University
• Trépanier, René, Croisières Saint-Laurent
• Ward, Devon (for Chief Ginnish), Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Incorporated (MTI)
• Werner, Tim, Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
• Wimmer, Tonya, Marine Animal Response Society
• Winger, Paul, PhD., Director, Memorial University

Observers

• Amirault, Jerry, Lobster Processors Assoc. NB & NS
• Anderson, Kevin, Regional Director General, Newfoundland and Labrador Region, DFO
• Aylward, Joey, PEI Snowcrab Fishermen Inc.
• Balaban, Mihai, Compliance & Enforcement, Transport Canada
• Beaton, Gordon, Maritime Fisherman’s Union – Union des pêcheurs des maritimes
• Bliss, Doug, Regional Director, Science, Gulf Region, DFO
• Boyd, Mark, Area 18 Crab Fishermen's Association
• Brewer-Dalton, Kathy, NB Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fisheries
• Brilliant, Sean, PhD., Canadian Wildlife Federation - Dalhousie University
• Burns, Adam, Acting Director General, Fisheries Resource Management, DFO
• Chatman, Tracy, Transport Canada
• Chiasson, Steven, Area 19 Snow Crab Association
• Comeau, Reginald, Maritime Fisherman’s Union – Union des pêcheurs des maritimes
• Conway, Jerry, Campobello Whale Rescue team
• Couillard, Jean-Pierre, Association des Capitaines-propriétaires de la Gaspésie
• Gallant , Brenda, Tourism PEI
• Gillis, Sheldon, Office of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
• Haché, Robert, Association des Crabiers Acadien
• Hurley-Corbin, Mary-Anne, Director of Communicatio, Member of Parliament for NB Southwest
• Lang, Denise, Atlantic Fisheries Fund, DFO
• Lavigne, Kevin, Office of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
• Levi, Olivia, Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs (Kwilmu'kw Maw-klusuaqn)
• Ludwig, Karen, Member of Parliament forNew Brunswick Southwest
• MacEwen, David, PEI Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Aquaculture
• MacInnis , Andrea, Gulf NS Fleet Planning Board
• MacPherson, Ian, Manager, PEI Fishermen’s Association
• Mallet, Martin, Maritime Fishermen’s Union
• McIntyre, Alexis, Office of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
• Mouflier, Kevin, CEO, Tourism Industry Association PEI
• Mowatt, Anne, Regional Director General, Transport Canada
• Murison, Laurie, Grand-Manan Whale Institute
• Quinn, Frank, Regional Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Management, Gulf Region, DFO
• Scott, Paul, Special Advisor, East Coast Vessel Strategies,Transport Canada
• Stevenson, Aaron, Saint Mary's University
• Valkenier, Mary-Ellen, Regional Director General, Maritimes Region, DFO
• Vincent, Patrick, Regional Director General, Quebec Region, DFO
• Whitman (Bill), William, NS Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture