February 24, 2012
PEI FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & CONVENTION February 24th and 25th, 2012
Delta Prince Edward, Charlottetown PEI Fishermen’s Association Annual General Meeting
Friday, February 24th, 2012
Timetable:
10:30-1:00 Registration
1:30 Call to Order
1:45 Minutes of last meeting
2:00 Auditor’s Report
2:30 President’s Report
2:45 Executive Director’s Report
3:00 Health Break
3:15 Resolutions from Locals
3:30 Nominations for President and Election
4:00 New Business
4:30 Adjournment
6:00 Reception (Cash Bar)
6:30 Dinner – Guest Speaker Jim Wellman, former Editor of The Navigator Magazine
9:00 Dance featuring: Lost in Tyme with Kevin Chaisson
PEI Fishermen’s Association Annual Convention
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
Agenda: “Getting More Value For Our Product”
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast , Guest Speakers, Honourable Ron MacKinley, Provincial Minister of PEI Fisheries, Aquaculture & Rural Development
9:00 - 9:30 Maddelyn Harden, University of Maine Does less bait mean fewer lobster?
9:30 - 10:30 Keith Flett, Seafood Market Brokers Lobster Commodities Exchange concept
10:30 – 10:45 Health Break
10:45 - 11:00 Geoff Irvine, The Lobster Council of Canada, LCC Update on activities
11:00 – 11:10 Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of National Revenue
11:10 – 11:40 Melanie Burton, AVC Lobster Science Centre How handling affects lobster quality
11:40 – 12:00 Robert MacMillan, Biologist, PEI DFARD, Lobster Resource Monitoring Program
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00 – 1:30 Door Prizes and closing remarks
Thank you to all our sponsors and participants for helping make this AGM and Convention possible. • Atlantic Electronics Limited P.E.I. • Clark Fuels • Fisheries & Oceans Canada • Fisheries Skills PEI • Johnson Insurance • Marine Source • RCMP – Ship Safety • Transport Canada • Royal Star Seafood • PEI Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development
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