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
Public Notice – Molluscan Shellfish Harvesting Reopening – South Coast and Connaigre Aea, NL – pn.25.005
FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA PUBLIC NOTICE pn.25.005B Mar. 25, 2025 Molluscan Shellfish Harvesting Reopening – South Coast and Connaigre Aea, NL Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) advises the public of
Results of Mail-in Ballot for LFA 10 (Placentia Bay)
The ballots for Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 10 (Placentia Bay) were counted at the FFAW office in St. John’s this morning. Area 10 Committee Members Mike Emberley (in-person) and Karl
3K’s Fight for Crab: Update on Demonstrations
MARCH 24, 2025 – This weekend, crab harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador staged demonstrations in response to significant quota cuts in Zone 3K, driven by concerns over their livelihoods and
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