Service: Advocacy, consultation and outreach

Fisheries Modernization Training and Orientation

National Online Licensing System

In 2011, the department announced an agenda to adapt its core fisheries management programs to respond to industry needs and to improve internal program efficiency. The agenda involved: the modernization of regional fisheries management information and licensing systems; changes to departmental requirements for commercial gear tags, validation tabs, logbooks, and the at-sea observer and electronic […]

Change Management Advice and Services

The Government of Canada has controlled direct program spending through targeted savings actions and broad-based reviews since 2010. Sheil Communications worked with several clients to prepare executives for the organizational change announcements in their departments and directorates. This included preparing tailored toolkits, scripts, speeches, presentations, and other materials, while offering advice, coaching and other guidance. […]

Endowment Fund for Collaborative Marine Scientific Research

Endowment Fund

The International Seabed Authority is responsible for organizing and controlling all mineral-related activities that take place in the international seabed area. The authority believes that as a global resource, scientific study in the international seabed area should include scientists and researchers from both developing and developed countries. To achieve this objective, member States established an […]

Sustainable Fish and Seafood Strategy

Sustainable Seafood

Many retailers, restaurateurs, and advocacy groups participate in ‘sustainable seafood’ campaigns. Consumers and wholesalers of wild and farmed seafood products may use these campaigns to inform their purchasing choices. In 2008-09, Sheil Communications developed a communications and marketing strategy to tell Canada’s sustainable fish and seafood story after conducting environmental analysis on domestic and international […]