PRICING SITUATION UPDATE: FEB 13
February 13, 2026
The Union has arranged a meeting with Minister O’Driscoll for Monday, February 16 to address the current crisis facing the fishing industry. Our members are looking to Premier Tony Wakeham and the provincial government to stand up for harvesters and remain steadfast in addressing the lack of competition and pricing system failure.
Specifically, the FFAW is asking Premier Wakeham to maintain his commitment to the “build it and get it” approach to opening opportunities for more provincially based processing companies.
The Union is also asking that Premier Wakeham work with members to find a solution to addressing the repeated failure in the price setting process. Members are not willing to go into another year of negotiations without reassurance that the process will be fair, transparent and accountable.
Frustrations have been held at bay for several weeks while we awaited the arbitration decision. With the rejection of that grievance, harvesters look to the provincial government to implement needed improvements to the price setting mechanism.
If our provincial government is unable to rapidly affirm those commitments on Monday, members will mobilize in town on Tuesday.
UPDATE FRIDAY PM: Premier Wakeham will be joining Monday’s meeting as well.