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SUBJECT: News Conference Postponed: Marine Institute and Ocean Choice International to announce research chair

DATE: June 28, 2017

Note to editors:

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the news conference scheduled for Wednesday, June 28, at 2 p.m. at the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland to announce the new Ocean Choice International Industrial Research Chair in Fish Stock Assessment and Sustainable Harvest Advice for Northwest Atlantic Fisheries has been postponed.

The institute will announce a new date and time in the coming weeks.

For more information, please contact Leslie Earle, public relations and communications officer, Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University, at 709-778-0677, 709-330-3918, Leslie.Earle@mi.mun.ca.