Permanent DFO supervisor provides stability

As of July 1, Bill Wolfe took on the role of acting Conservation and Protection Supervisor for Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Liverpool Detachment.

Although there was an acting supervisor in 2001, he left in 2003, said Wolfe.

“I am now here permanently,” he stated.

Wolfe started with the DFO in 1983 at the Mersey Biodiversity Facility in Milton.

After working there for five years he got a job as a seasonal fisheries officer in Liverpool.

In 1996 Wolfe left the area to work in Shelburne for a year before returning in 1997.

In 2004 he became a Field Supervisor at the DFO Liverpool detachment, a job he held until competing for the Conservation and Protection Supervisor job.

Wolfe said he is looking forward to “meeting with industry representatives on a regular basis,” to developing a “really good working relationship between the DFO and the industry,” and to remain at the Liverpool detachment until his retirement.

Having a permanent Conservation Protection Supervisor brings “stability” to the region, he added.

His job entails supervising staff and the detachment area, which takes in Queens County and part of Lunenburg County.

He must also attend meetings and relay information back to his detachment.

He wants people from the industry as well as the general public to drop by the office or call anytime with questions.

Wolfe’s previous field supervisor position will be filled within the next month, giving the office a total of two field supervisors.

Right now, the DFO is working on species at risk, monitoring the aboriginal food fishery, lobster activity, and contaminated shellfish areas, such as Port Mouton, he said.