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: March 2025
Notice to Fish Harvesters – 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador Snow Crab Fishery – nf.25.030
FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS nf.25.030B Mar. 22, 2025 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador Snow Crab Fishery Fisheries and Oceans Canada advises that the details of the 2025
UPDATE: 3K Snow Crab TAC
Minister Joanne Thompson has demonstrated a profound failure in leadership today in her first act as fisheries minister, leaving 3K harvesters waiting for a full day and late into the
FFAW DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM ST. ANTHONY SEAFOODS FOLLOWING SUDDEN PLANT CLOSURE AMID COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
ST. ANTHONY, NL – The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor) is raising serious concerns after Royal Greenland’s St. Anthony Seafoods (SAS) production plant was found chained shut with
CRAB RALLY MARCH 21 IN GRAND FALLS WINDSOR
There will be a rally tomorrow, March 21, 2025, at 9:30 am outside of the DFO building in Grand Falls Windsor, to demand a fair decision on 3K crab by
Gulf Atlantic Halibut Stock Reaches All-Time High, Signals Bright Future for Fishery
MONCTON, NB – The bi-annual Gulf Groundfish Advisory Committee concluded its latest meeting today, delivering exceptionally positive news for the 4RST Atlantic halibut fishery. According to Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Harvesters Applaud Long-Overdue Changes to Northern Shrimp Assessment; New Model Moves Species into Healthy Zone
ST. JOHN’S, NL – FFAW-Unifor welcomes the updated Northern Shrimp assessment model, which officially shifts the species into the healthy zone under revised stock areas, assessment model and reference points.
OPEN CALL FOR HARVESTERS AFFFECTED BY INSHORE TOW AND BALLAST PROGRAM IN PLACENTIA BAY
Starting in May 2025, Cenovus Energy will be towing its concrete gravity structure (CGS) out of the Argentia graving dock, up to the head of Placentia Bay. The tow up
Notice to Fish Harvesters – 3Ps Placentia Bay FIXED GEAR HERRING FISHERIES CLOSING – nf.25.028
FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS nf.25.028B 2025-013 Mar. 19, 2025 3Ps Placentia Bay FIXED GEAR HERRING FISHERIES CLOSING DFO advises that 3Ps fixed gear herring fisheries in
Notice to Fish Harvesters – 3Ps LFA 11W Area Selection Declaration – nf.25.029
FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS nf.25.029B Mar. 19, 2025 3Ps LFA 11W Area Selection Declaration DFO wishes to advise lobster harvesters that a declaration is required for
WHAT’S UP WITH 3K CRAB – PART II
Let’s delve into the issues with trawl survey results a bit more. When trawl and trap surveys are trending together; it increases confidence that the change they are tracking is