Marine Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

ST. JOHN’S, NL — The Navigator Magazine and Master Promotions Ltd. is pleased to announce that three new Newfoundland and Labrador members have been selected to be inducted into the Atlantic Canada Marine Industries Hall of Fame.

The three newest members are Port de Grave, NL, fisherman Ross T. Petten, who will be inducted as a Mariner; Harbour Grace, NL-based processing pioneer Alec D. Moores who will be inducted as a Processor; and master boat-builder Henry Vokey of Trinity, NL, who will be inducted as a Builder (see biographies in the backgrounder below).

The inductions will take place at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at the North Atlantic Fish & Workboat Show at Mile One Centre in St. John’s. Members of the public and media are invited to attend.

The three individuals were nominated by their peers and chosen by a selection committee made up of some of the foremost fishery/marine industries journalists in the province — all three are very worthy inductees who have made major impacts in the marine industries field.