03/31/2017 ST. JOHN’S – Yesterday evening, the federal government announced a 63 per cent cut to inshore northern shrimp quota in fishing area 6. The FFAW is calling on the
03/31/2017 After attending the Atlantic Mackerel Science Assessment Process in February, this week harvesters Randy Randell (3K) & Allan Sheppard (4R) along with Staff Rep Jason Spingle were joined by
03/29/2017 2017 Snow Crab price negotiations concluded today. The final offer from the companies was $4.10. The final offer from FFAW was $4.39. Submissions have been made to the Price
03/27/2017 ST. JOHN’S, NL – Today, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) held a technical briefing on the 2017 stock status for northern cod in 2J3KL. The biomass of
03/24/2017 MONCTON, NB – Fish harvesters attending the Gulf Groundfish Advisory Committee this week in Moncton are expressing their frustrations and disbelief over the federal government’s refusal to protect groundfish
03/16/2017 HALIFAX – Transport Canada’s (TC) refusal to work with industry to develop an implementation plan to support new regulations forced 15 fishing organisations representing over 20,000 fish harvesters to
03/13/2017 On Friday afternoon, the Labour Relations Board announced its rejection of FISH-NL’s request for access to the FFAW’s membership list. The FFAW argued that in addition to being without