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| Twenty-One New Fishery Officer grads.; DFO recruits | |
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| Topic Started: Mar 12 2008, 03:15 PM (240 Views) | |
| renegade | Mar 12 2008, 03:15 PM Post #1 |
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Twenty-One New Fishery Officers Set to Take Up Duty March 6, 2008 Regina – Twenty-one new fishery officers graduated from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) fishery officer training program today. This brings to 105 the number of new officers hired by DFO since August 2006. These new officers will boost DFO’s monitoring and surveillance capacity and will enhance conservation efforts on Canadian waters. "I can’t over-state just how important the role of these officers is in protecting and conserving fisheries resources for Canada and for the livelihoods of thousands of Canadians," said Minister Hearn. This Troop of officers will be posted in areas of greatest operational need. Specifically, one officer will be posted in Newfoundland and Labrador, one officer will be posted in Nova Scotia, seven officers will be posted in New Brunswick, one officer will be posted in Prince Edward Island, ten officers will be posted in Quebec and one officer will be posted in British Columbia. A larger Troop of officers is expected to graduate in May. In addition to protecting fish and fish habitat, fishery officers promote compliance and conservation, stewardship and sustainability of fisheries for future generations. DFO recruits and develops candidates to become fishery officers. During the thirty-six months of field and classroom training, skills are acquired in areas such as fish identification, conducting patrols, communications, negotiations and enforcement methods. Cadets are also taught federal fisheries and habitat policies, and legislation, as well as the basics of the Canadian judicial system. The classroom training portion lasts approximately seventeen weeks. The training is delivered at Government facilities like the Coast Guard College in Sydney, Nova Scotia and the Royal Canadian Mounted Policy Training Academy in Regina, Saskatchewan. The last nine weeks of classroom training are generally spent in Regina and focus on officer safety, firearms, self-defense, investigation techniques and the Criminal Code. "I would like to extend my congratulations to the new officers for completing the training and for choosing a career in the public service," said Minister Hearn. The graduation ceremony was held at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Training Academy in Regina. Family members and friends of the graduates were on hand for the ceremony. |
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| GET R DONE | Mar 12 2008, 05:24 PM Post #2 |
Fishin' for Loch Ness
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more enforcement is the key to keep the resources for the future.... |
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| chevy man | Mar 13 2008, 06:44 AM Post #3 |
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thats good to have more of them to control the bad guys, 
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| Bassaddict | Mar 13 2008, 11:23 AM Post #4 |
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I didnt see ONTARIO there |
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| FishLeClair | Mar 14 2008, 09:29 AM Post #5 |
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Nope....Never Do!! |
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