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Sea Cucumber Prices 2025

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Sea Cucumber Prices 2025

Today the Standing Fish Price Setting Panel ruled and chose the FFAW position for the 2025 price of sea cucumber – $0.69 as opposed to the ASP offer of $0.50. All other terms and conditions remain the same as the previous year.

This year’s negotiations were difficult with the imposed Chinese tariffs, resulting in a delay to receive further market information in July. The Panel’s decision was clear that, while there has been some decline due to China’s tariff situation, the doom-and-gloom claims of ASP were unfounded and that the FFAW position was based in current market realities.

Thank you to the negotiating committee for their commitment, time and knowledge. The committee included harvesters Mark Pearson, Brian Careen, Brett Cox, Lyndon Bussey and Kurtis Kerrivan and staff Dwan Street, Sherry Glynn, Onye Oluoha, Jamie Baker and Ian Ivany.

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.