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FFAW Holding Rally in Port-au-Choix to Support the Inshore Shrimp Fishery

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FFAW Holding Rally in Port-au-Choix to Support the Inshore Shrimp Fishery
July 14, 2022

FFAW will be holding a rally tomorrow, July 15th, in Port-au-Choix to support the inshore shrimp fishery. The demonstration is in response to Royal Greenland and Ocean Choice International deliberately acting in poor faith and causing economic distress to inshore harvesters in NL.

The rally will begin at 2pm and people are asked to gather in the parking lot of Ocean Choice International, 10 Fisher Street, Port-au-Choix.

All inshore fish harvesters, processing plant workers, and concerned residents in the area are encouraged to attend and express their support for provincial government to act.

 

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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.