Skip to content

ACAP HUMBER ARM GHOST GEAR CALL FOR BIDS

Home
Member Updates
ACAP HUMBER ARM GHOST GEAR CALL FOR BIDS
June 7, 2023

In anticipation of ghost gear retrieval work ACAP Humber Arm is requesting quotes for the provision of retrieval vessel and operator.  One contract will be awarded for work in Burgeo and surrounding waters. One contract will be awarded for work in Channel-Port aux Basques to Isle aux Morts and surrounding waters.  You may provide quotes on one or both; if both it must be done as two separate quotes.

Details attached.  Inquiries will be accepted by email only.

Deadline to submit bids is 4pm NST, Wednesday June 14th. Click here to download application

https://ffaw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Lost-gear-application-2J.pdf

Latest News

FFAW Condemns Federal Budget's Short-Sighted Neglect of Fisheries Sector

NEW SEAL STUDY CONFIRMS WHAT HARVESTERS HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS

FFAW CALLS FOR REOPENING OF COMMERCIAL MACKEREL FISHERY AHEAD OF REBUILDING PLAN WORKING GROUP MEETING

Big Processors Turn Their Backs on Harvesters: Ocean Choice International and Royal Greenland Refuse to Buy Sea Cucumber at Panel-Set Price

FFAW Calls on Federal Government to Provide Immediate Support for Sea Cucumber Harvesters Devastated by Chinese Tariffs

News Categories

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.