Nomination Packages – IRO & Inshore Divisions
Full Nomination Packages for the 2024 FFAW-Unifor Executive Board Election are now available online for viewing and download.
Month: April 2020
Snow Crab Negotiations – Summary Note
Unlike other years, ASP refused to conduct formal negotiations with fish harvesters, and forwarded a token price offer of 1 cent. The attention needed to build a price system that
Reminder to Harvesters – Atlantic Halibut and 4R Turbot Deadline
The deadline to submit AHSP & Division 4R Turbot Applications is May 1st
SENTINEL APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED _TIP OF NORTHERN PENINSULA
Applications are now being accepted for the Fixed Gear Sentinel Fishery Site –“Tip of Northern Peninsula”. Harvesters in the Communities North Boat Harbour to Noddy Bay inclusive are eligible to
Panel Sides with FFAW, Preserves Urner Barry Formula for Lobster
The Price Setting Panel has released their decision to uphold the longstanding Urner Barry pricing formula and to maintain the minimum lobster price of $3.25 per pound. The only change
FFAW, ASP Submit Final Offers for 2020 Snow Crab Price
Today FFAW and ASP submitted final offers for the price of snow crab for the 2020 season in advance of a hearing before the standing fish price setting panel. ASP
CIFHF calls on the Federal Government to step up its support for fisheries Emergency meeting of the Fisheries Committee required if Harvesters are to weather this season
Click here for a press release from the Canadian Independent Fish Harvesters Federation.
MEDIA RELEASE: FFAW Forced to Remove Blockade Due to OCI Injunction
Fish harvesters and plant workers who set up blockades in South Brook and Clarenville over the weekend have been removed from the area to allow transport trucks to move after
Crab Negotiations Update
Crab price negotiation update: FFAW submitted a snow crab price offer today of $4.25/pound plus a market return formula in addition to the minimum price. Appallingly, ASP offered $0.01 cent
UPDATE: Vessels Turned Away and Transport Trucks Blocked from Delivering Out-of-Province Crab
Since last night, two out-of-province vessels were turned away in Port Aux Basques and denied offloading their crab in Newfoundland and Labrador. Many others turned back at-sea.
Harvesters Block Out-of-Province Crab from Landing in NL
Harvesters and plant workers are calling on the provincial government to step in and for companies to respect NL workers.