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FFAW Leadership Meets with Federal NL Caucus
January 16, 2019
01/16/2019
FFAW-Unifor leadership met with the federal Newfoundland and Labrador caucus yesterday afternoon to discuss several pressing issues facing our members, including the snow crab PA framework and the closure of 3Ps cod.
Changes to the precautionary approach for snow crab have raised serious concerns for inshore harvesters who will be seriously impacted by the changes. The federal government’s lack of consultation and consideration for the largest stakeholder is unacceptable, and Union leadership made that exceptionally clear in the meeting.
Concerns regarding the 3Ps cod stock escalated this week when DFO made the decision to prematurely close the fishing season before inshore harvesters caught their quotas despite allowing offshore draggers to operate on the vulnerable fishing grounds. Your Union once again raised the importance of ensuring management decisions make socioeconomic considerations of communities a priority.
In addition to these serious challenges, FFAW also discussed redfish, mackerel, turbot and halibut with the MPs.

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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.