- Member of the Lobster Council of Canada
- Assisting the Lobster Council of Canada to disseminate their proposal for a 1-cent levy collection for Canadian lobster marketing and branding.
- Advisory committee for the Cape Breton Local Food Hub -- a collaborative effort of the 4 Cape Breton counties to increase local food consumption and distribution.
- Collaborated with Dalhousie on a study for local marketing of lobster