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14B Lobster Ballot Coming to your Mailboxes

January 30, 2025

14B Lobster Ballots have been mailed to all License Holders on January 30, 2025, and will be arriving in mailboxes in the next few days.

Ballots must be returned in the included self-addressed postage paid envelope only.

Ballots must be postmarked by February 28, 2025.

If you have any questions, please call your member representative – Jeff Griffin (709) 634-0277.

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.