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Applications Open for Green Crab Mitigation in Fortune Bay

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Applications Open for Green Crab Mitigation in Fortune Bay
July 17, 2020

FFAW is accepting applications for green crab mitigation in Fortune Bay. Harvesters must be willing to fish from one of the following sites 5 days a week in August and September:

1. Harbour Breton
2. Garnish/Frenchman’s Cove
3. Belleoram
4. Connaigre Bay
5. Rencontre East
6. Little Harbour East/Harbour Mille
7. Grand LaPierre/English Harbour East
8. Seal Cove
9. Mose Ambrose/Wreck Cove
10. English Harbour West
11. Little Bay East/Bay L’Argent
12. Hermitage
13. St. Bernard’s/Jacques Fontaine
14. Terrenceville

Please contact Dwan at the St. John’s office for an application 576-7276. We thank everyone for their interest. Only those successful in the draw will be contacted. Applications must be received by 4:30pm on Friday, July 24, 2020.

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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.