Skip to content

3Ps Groundfish Fishery Opening on Tuesday, May 23

Home
Media Releases
3Ps Groundfish Fishery Opening on Tuesday, May 23
May 19, 2017
05/19/2017
This afternoon, DFO announced that the groundfish fishery in 3Ps would be opening on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. This includes cod, Greenland halibut, hake, skate, as well as bycatch for Atlantic halibut.
The fishery is not open for the offshore dragger fleet for 3Ps cod at this time. FFAW will continue to promote a sustainable cod harvest for inshore harvesters in 3Ps. This must include DFO understanding that inshore harvesters in 3Ps must have exclusive access to cod at these low levels. The last time the quota was below 10,000 MT, the offshore industrial dragger fleet did not participate in the fishery.
Keith Sullivan was in Ottawa this week and had discussions with DFO officials, Members of Parliament and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans regarding the challenges in 3Ps. These discussions focused on the value of the cod resource to inshore harvesters.
The cod stocks in 3Ps are in a vulnerable state and the federal government must protect the resource and the communities adjacent by removing the offshore draggers from fishing in the area.

Latest News

YOUNG HARVESTERS COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS OPEN

UPDATE ON CRAB FINAL PAYOUT

FFAW-Unifor Expresses Deep Concern Over Baltic III Wreck as Vessel Further Deteriorates Off Cedar Cove

Loss of Cod from the Offshore Confirm Longstanding Harvester Concerns

FFAW Condemns Federal Budget's Short-Sighted Neglect of Fisheries Sector

News Categories

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.