Sonia Smith

 Sonia Smith is a Project Manager for the Fishing Gear Coalition of Atlantic Canada or FGCAC.  Sonia began working with the Commercial Fishing and Aquaculture Industries in 2014 when she took over the delivery of the Clean Foundation's Ship-to-Shore Program, which provided education, support, and resources to help the harbour authorities, fish harvesters, and fish farmers across Nova Scotia find better ways to properly manage waste on fishing vessels and wharves. With the FGCAC, she manages the End-of-life Fishing Gear Management Feasibility Study in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island funded under the DFO Ghost Gear Fund and the Goodbye Plastic Initiative Funded by DFO's Regional Office of Environmental Coordination.