Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture (New Brunswick)

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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture was a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It was charged with the development and support of food production and economic development through such sectors of the economy.

The department was established on March 23, 2000 when Premier Bernard Lord restructured the New Brunswick Cabinet. It was a merger of the former departments of Agriculture and Rural Development and Fisheries & Aquaculture. The creation of this department was very controversial and marked by protests by both farmers and fishers, though primarily farmers, who felt that the new department would not be specialized to adaquately address their issues.

When Shawn Graham became Premier on October 3, 2006, he appointed a Minister of Agriculture and Aquaculture and a Minister of Fisheries. On March 2, 2007, a bill disbanding this department and creating a Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture and a Department of Fisheries received royal assent, the bill was retroactive to October 3, 2006.

[edit] Ministers

#	Minister	Term	Administration
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Aquaculture
1.	Paul Robichaud	March 23, 2000 – October 9, 2001	under Bernard Lord
2.	Rodney Weston	October 9, 2001 – June 27, 2003
3.	David Alward	June 27, 2003 - October 3, 2006