January 2020 | FFAW-Unifor | Fish Food & Allied Workers Union

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FFAW Women’s Advocates

Jan 31, 2020

FFAW Women’s Advocates are specially trained workplace representatives who assist women with concerns such as workplace harassment, intimate violence, suicide

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2020 Area Selection Applications Available for 3L Inshore Crab Harvesters

Jan 30, 2020

DFO wishes to advise crab harvesters that applications are available at their area licencing centers and detachment offices for the following inshore Crab Fishing Areas

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Herring Mobile Gear Closing in St. Mary’s Bay and Placentia Bay for >55′ fleet

Jan 29, 2020

Fisheries and Oceans Canada advises that the Herring fishery in St. Mary’s Bay, Herring Fishing Area 09 and Placentia Bay, Herring Fishing Area 10 for mobile gear vessels greater than 55 feet in length (16.76 m)

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Herring Mobile Gear Opening in St. Mary’s Bay and Placentia Bay for >55′ fleet

Jan 28, 2020

Fisheries and Oceans Canada advises that the Herring fishery in St. Mary’s Bay, Herring Fishing Area 09 and Placentia Bay, Herring Fishing Area 10 for mobile gear vessels greater than 55 feet in length (16.76 m),

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Herring Mobile Gear Closing in St. Mary’s Bay and Placentia Bay for >55′ fleet

Jan 24, 2020

Fisheries and Oceans Canada advises that the Herring fishery in St. Mary’s Bay, Herring Fishing Area 09 and Placentia Bay, Herring Fishing Area 10 for mobile gear vessels greater than 55 feet in length (16.76 m)

dfo-announcements

Herring Mobile Gear Opening in St. Mary’s Bay and Placentia Bay for >55′ fleet

Jan 24, 2020

Fisheries and Oceans Canada advises that the Herring fishery in St. Mary’s Bay, Herring Fishing Area 09 and Placentia Bay, Herring Fishing Area 10 for mobile gear vessels greater than 55 feet in length (16.76 m)

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DFO Licencing operations during State of Emergency (3L Harvesters)

Jan 24, 2020

DFO would like to advise 3L harvesters that while the State of Emergency is in effect in St. John’s, regular Licencing operations are not available at the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre.

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DFO INSHORE FISHERY OUTREACH MEETINGS (NAFO Division 3KL)

Jan 24, 2020

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans will host a number of meetings along the Northeast and East Coast of the island portion of the Province (NAFO Division 3KL)

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Amendment – Licence Extensions for 2020

Jan 24, 2020

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) advises that those fish harvesters who had their 2019 fishing licences manually amended by a DFO Fishery Officer or a DFO Licensing Officer to allow fishing until Monday, January 20

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DELAYED OPENING – Herring Mobile Gear in St. Mary’s Bay and Placentia Bay for >55′ fleet

Jan 15, 2020

Due to impeding adverse weather conditions, Fisheries and Oceans Canada advises that the opening of the Herring fishery in St. Mary’s Bay,

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