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Collaborative Post-Season Snow Crab Survey Meetings Held in St. John's

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Collaborative Post-Season Snow Crab Survey Meetings Held in St. John’s
November 9, 2016
11/09/2016

On October 25th FFAW held a workshop in St John’s attended by over 20 Snow Crab fleet representatives, DFO Science and Resource Management, the provincial Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agrifoods, and FFAW staff. The purpose of the meeting was to review the Collaborative Post-Season (CPS) Snow Crab survey.

Thanks to all who participated. Together we took the crucial next steps to ensuring the survey provides both an index of fishable biomass and an index of recruits coming into the fishery.

Changes to the 2016 CPS survey were discussed, including an increase in the number of small mesh pots from 134 to 304. These small mesh pots were broadly distributed throughout the area.

A summary of the meeting can be read here.

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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.