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CRAB PRICE UPDATE: APRIL 19 TO 256 AND APRIL 26 TO MAY 2, 2026

April 27, 2026 / ,
🔴🦀CRAB PRICE UPDATE: APRIL 26 TO MAY 2, 2026 Urner Barry (UB) began quoting NL 5-8 oz sections on Thursday, April 23. By noon every Monday we will send out
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FFAW Calls on Minister Thompson to Ensure Fair Northern Cod Management Plan for Inshore Harvesters

April 21, 2026 /
FFAW-Unifor is calling on federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson to deliver a fair and balanced management plan for 2J3KL northern cod that protects the livelihoods of inshore harvesters and coastal
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Snow Crab Pricing Update

April 16, 2026 / ,
Following discussions between FFAW-Unifor and the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP), the parties have reached an uneasy agreement to resolve the current dispute and allow the snow crab fishery to
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🔴🦀CRAB PRICE UPDATE: APRIL 19 TO 25 AND APRIL 26 TO MAY 2, 2026Urner Barry (UB) began quoting NL 5-8 oz sections on Thursday, April 23. By noon every Monday we will send out the price you will be paid for the crab you landed last week.We average the Tuesday-Thursday UB and apply the currency to get the market price. From there, we use the price table to determine the price to harvesters. The price to harvesters for landings Sunday, April 19 to Saturday, April 25 was $5.89. As per Paragraph 1 of the agreement “During the time period prior to the first UB quote, should the initial UB NL 5-8 oz low quote create a higher price to harvesters than $5.75/lb, processors will rebate harvesters the price difference, for the period prior to the quote.” This means that harvesters will be rebated the difference between $5.89 and $5.75 (14 cents) for crab landed in the week Sunday April 19 to Saturday April 25. The price per pound for crab landed during the week of Sunday, April 26 to Saturday, May 2 will be released by noon on Monday, May 4. ... See MoreSee Less
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📣🦞LOBSTER FISHING AREA 14A- OPENING DELAY- UPDATE APRIL 24THThe Lobster Committee for 14A met on Friday, April 24th and would like to advise that, due to current weather conditions, there will be a delay in the opening of the lobster season for this weekend. Season will be delayed with setting on Saturday, May 2nd & Sunday May 3rd with hauling on Monday, May 4th, 2026. The committee will meet later next week to confirm safe conditions for opening day. ... See MoreSee Less
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📣🦞LOBSTER FISHING AREA 13B-UPDATE APRIL 24THThe Lobster Committee for 13B met on Thursday, April 23rd. The opening dates for Lobster for LFA 13B will be as follows; Set Monday, April 27th & Tuesday, April 28th and haul on Wednesday April 29th, 2026. ... See MoreSee Less
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📣🦞LOBSTER FISHING AREA 13A- UPDATE APRIL 24THThe Lobster Committee for 13A met on Thursday, April 23rd. The opening dates for Lobster for LFA 13A will be as follows; Set Monday, April 27th & Tuesday, April 28th and haul on Wednesday, April 29th, 2026. ... See MoreSee Less
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A narrative video is developed every three years for screening at FFAW-Unifor’s Constitutional Conventions. This video highlights the key events that took place between 2022 and 2024, and was shown at the union’s 13th Constitutional Convention held in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador on November 18, 2024. Credits: Production & Editing: Tristram Clarke, Tristram Clarke Visual Media Services Direction & Script: Courtney Glode, FFAW-Unifor Fishing/Workplace Videography: KOBB Media
2024 FFAW Constitutional Convention Video
The further corporatization of our province's fishery must end. Resource management decisions based on votes and international clout must be stopped. Our Liberal MPs have lost all sense of integrity and ethics. They have forgotten who elected them, and they fail to recognize the wake of destruction they will leave behind for our future generations. Music: Zach Bryan, Cold Damn Vampires
The Corporatization of Newfoundland's Cod Fishery
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Dr. Erin Carruthers

Dr. Erin Carruthers is the Science Director and Senior Fisheries Scientist with the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor), which is the labour union that represents the owner-operator fleet in Newfoundland and Labrador. The FFAW is committed to research and management that supports healthy oceans, fisheries, and coastal communities. Dr. Carruthers received her Ph. D. in Biology from Memorial University in 2011 followed by a postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research. Before coming to Newfoundland, Erin worked as a Research Biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the St. Andrews Biological Station. Her current research program is co-constructed with fish harvesters and includes research on coastal fishing communities, collaborative longline and trap surveys, and best practices for the avoidance, handling and release of unwanted catch.