Associate Deputy Minister Kevin Stringer

Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

Kevin Stringer became Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada on July 4, 2016, after serving as Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Fisheries Management, DFO, for three years.

He previously held a variety of senior executive positions at DFO, including ADM, Ecosystems and Oceans Science, ADM, Program Policy, and Director General, Resource Management. He also held the position of Director General, Petroleum Resources Branch, at Natural Resources Canada.

Kevin has a wealth of experience in providing leadership in operational policy and strategic direction in the Department’s major programs, such as habitat and fisheries conservation and protection, fisheries management, species at risk, ocean science, aquaculture, and Indigenous affairs.