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2024 Industry Post Season Snow Crab Survey Applications are now available.

May 14, 2024

Harvesters interested in participating are asked to submit an application no later than the deadline of June 7th, 2024, 4:30pm.

Applications can be sent via fax at 709-576-1521 or email crabsurvey@ffaw.ca.

If you have any questions please contact April Wiseman 709-576-7276 or awiseman@ffaw.ca

Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor)

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  1. Click here for Snow Crab Application

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.