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REMINDER - 2026 MACKEREL SPAWNING SAMPLING PROGRAM

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REMINDER – 2026 MACKEREL SPAWNING SAMPLING PROGRAM
May 5, 2026

FFAW is still accepting applications for the 2026 Mackerel Sampling Program. Harvesters are needed to participate in sampling across multiple areas this season.

Apply by May 8, 2026
Email application to Attention Project Coordinator April Wiseman : mackerelscience@ffaw.ca

Click here for information relating to project.

Click here for application

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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.