A GoFundMe campaign has been launched in support of a well-known advocate for marine safety.
Merv Wiseman is a retired Canadian Coast Guard employee and well-known proponent for search and rescue services, commercial fisheries, and agriculture.
Wiseman, who has pulmonary fibrosis, is on a waiting list for a life-saving, double-lung transplant at Toronto General Hospital.
“Merv has dedicated his life to good causes, and it’s only right that we lend him a hand now,” says Peter Leonard who, along with former journalist, MP and fisheries advocate Ryan Cleary, is organizing the fundraiser.
Wiseman spent 35 years with the Coast Guard and played a key role in the 2017 reopening of the marine rescue sub-centre in St. John’s.
He has also operated a fox farm in North Harbour and served as president of the province’s fur breeding and agriculture associations.
