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IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS ANNOUNCED FOR OFFSHORE WIND

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IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS ANNOUNCED FOR OFFSHORE WIND
Lion’s Club, 2 Woodland St, Stephenville
Start Time: November 17, 2023 1:00 pm

The committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in NL will be conducting their first in-person public engagement sessions. FFAW members are encouraged to attend.

To clarify, these meetings are not directly related to World Energy in Stephenville (Provincial, land-based wind farm) or Pattern Energy in Argentia (Provincial, land-based wind farm). This is the Federal, Regional Assessment Committee’s data collection process used then make recommendations to Federal governments for potential future, ocean-based wind farms.

Stephenville

Friday, November 17th

Lion’s Club, 2 Woodland St, Stephenville

1:00pm – 3:00pm 

Please be advised the Regional Assessment Committee is in the process of securing some venues. These dates are subject to change.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Energy Industry Liaison, Katie Power at 709-576-7276 ext 221 or kpower@ffaw.ca.

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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.