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3L SMALL SUPPLEMENTARY CRAB FLEET MEETING

Whitbourne Lions Club
Start Time: March 3, 2023 10:00 am

FFAW will be holding a meeting for 3L Small Supplementary Crab Harvesters on Friday, March 3rd, at 10am at the Whitbourne Lions Club.

Staff Representative Miranda Butler and Price negotiations manager Jake Rice will be in attendance.

Discussions on Science, the Precautionary Approach for Crab and a Brief Market update will be had.

If any questions, please contact the FFAW office in St. John’s at (709) 576-7276.

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.