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SNOW CRAB NEGOTIATION UPDATE

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SNOW CRAB NEGOTIATION UPDATE
March 24, 2022

Negotiations between your Union and the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) for the price of snow crab in 2022 concluded today without a resolution.

At 4 pm, both sides submitted final offers in advance of a hearing tomorrow before the Standing Fish Price Setting Panel. The FFAW price position is $9.05 per pound. During negotiations we did try to establish a new pricing system directly linked to Urner Barry, which included retroactive pay for a price change, but no agreement could be reached.

The ASP offer is $7.60, a rollover of last year’s price.

Thank you to the FFAW Snow Crab Negotiating Committee for their hard work, input and commitment on behalf of members throughout negotiations.

The Standing Fish Price Setting Panel will hold a hearing to determine the price of crab tomorrow, March 25th, at 10AM. The Panel must release its decision on price by next Wednesday, March 30th, 2022.

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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.