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ENGO and DFO Workshop on Strengthening the Application of the Habitat Protection Provisions of the Fisheries Act

The Canadian Environmental Network has selected 25 ENGOs to participate to an ENGO & Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) workshop to strenghten the application of the Habitat Protection Provisions of the Fisheries Act. The Workshop will take place in Ottawa, Ontario, on October 11-12, 2006. The objective of the workshop is to have the opportunity: for DFO to discuss with ENGOs the policy and program changes being developed and implemented through the Environmental Process Modernization Plan and the drivers underlying those changes, so that ENGOs can better understand them and provide feedback to DFO; for ENGOs to discuss with DFO their underlying concerns, so that DFO can better understand them; and to identify ways and next steps for DFO and ENGOs to collaborate to achieve healthy and productive aquatic ecosystems.

Read the DFO-ENGO CEN Report – October 11-12 2007

Read the minutes of the ENGO-DFO meeting – October 11-12, 2006

Read the ENGO Background Documents:

Read the minutes of the ENGO-DFO meeting on October 11-12, 2006

NOTE: The RCEN is also organizing a meeting with the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, tentatively on October 30th. Five (5) ENGO delegates from the 25 selected ENGO delegates will be invited.

Read the ENGO Letter to DFO Regarding the Requested Reforms to Canada’s Fisheries Act by Industry Groups – September 21, 2006

For more information, contact Olivier Bertin-Mahieux, RCEN National Caucus Coordinator, tel.: (613) 728-9810 ext. 234 / (514) or visit the DFO website.

Selected ENGO Delegates:

  1. Jason Unger
    Organization: Environmental Law Centre
    E-mail: junger@elc.ab.ca
  2. Olga Schwartzkopf
    Organization: Soil & Water Conservation Society, BC Chapt.
    E-mail: olgams@shaw.ca
  3. Peter Duck
    Organization: Bow Valley Naturalists
    E-mail: Peter.Duck@Shaw.ca
  4. Zo Ann Morten
    Organization: Pacific Streamkeepers Federation
    E-mail: pskf@direct.ca
  5. Isabel Muzichuk
    Organization: Concerned citizens for a safe and healthy environment
    PhoneH: (306) 592-2122 (message manager)
  6. Karen Baltgailis
    Organization: Yukon Conservation Society
    E-mail: ycsforest@ycs.yk.ca
  7. Bruce Cox
    Organization: Greenpeace
    E-mail: bruce.cox@yto.greenpeace.org
  8. Bill Wareham
    Organization: David Suzuki Foundation
    E-mail: bwareham@davidsuzuki.org
  9. Meredith Brown
    Organization: Ottawa Riverkeeper
    E-mail: keeper@ottawariverkeeper.ca
  10. Susan Rutherford
    Organization: WCEL
    E-mail: susan_rutherford@wcel.org
  11. Julie Huntington
    Organization: Whale Release and Strandings
    E-mail: whales@nl.rogers.com
  12. Robert V. Wright     
    Organization:  Sierra Legal Defence Fund     
    E-mail:   rwright@sierralegal.org 
  13. Caroline Duchesne
    Organization: Conseil Régional Environnement Gaspésie Les Îles
    E-mail: caroline.cregim@globetrotter.net
  14. Tanya Edwards
    Organization: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - NL chapter
    E-mail: nlcoordinator@cpaws.org
  15. Dianne Ramage
    Organization: Pacific Salmon Foundation
    E-mail: dramage@psf.ca
  16. Sue Scott
    Organization: Atlantic Salmon Federation
    E-mail: policy@nb.aibn.com
  17. Judy Parkman
    Organization: R.O.A.R.
    E-mail: jparkman@shaw.ca
  18. David Coon
    Organization: Conservation Council of New Brunswick
    E-mail: dcoon@conservationcouncil.ca
  19. Susanna D. Fuller
    Organization: Ecology Action Centre
    E-mail: susannadfuller@gmail.com
  20. Irene Novaczek
    Organization: PEI EcoNet, Earth Action, Institute of Island Studies
    E-mail: inovaczek@upei.ca
  21. Linda Duncan 
    Organization:  Lake Wabamun Enhancement and Protection Association (LWEPA) 
    E-mail:  lfduncan@attglobal.net
  22. Fred Winsor
    Organization: Gearshift/Fisheries Recovery Action Committee
    E-mail: fwinsor@nfld.com
  23. Martha Kostuch
    Organization: Friends of the Oldman River
    E-mail: martha@rttinc.com
  24. Cliff Wallis
    Organization: Alberta Wilderness Association/Friends of the Oldman River
    E-mail: deercroft@shaw.ca
  25. Nicola Temple
    Organization: Raincoast Conservation Society
    E-mail: nicola@raincoast.org
  • Alternate 1: Peter Lux
    Organization: Eastern Co-operative Health Organization
    E-mail: peter@echotech.ca
  • Alternate 2:  J. Denys Bourque
    Organisation: Le Club d'ornithologie du Madawaska, ltée
    Adresse électronique:  jdbourq@yahoo.co.uk