Nomination Packages – IRO & Inshore Divisions
Full Nomination Packages for the 2024 FFAW-Unifor Executive Board Election are now available online for viewing and download.
Author: Susan Finlay
MEDIA RELEASE: Latest Stock Assessment Update for Capelin
ST. JOHN’S, NL – DFO provided a technical briefing this morning to update industry and media on the 2J3KL Capelin stock, and yet again, results of the science assessment are
NOTICE TO 3L HARVESTERS – REMOVAL OF GEAR AND EQUIPMENT IN UPPER ISLAND COVE
Notice to Harvesters: This is to provide notification to fish harvesters in 3L that the wharf and slipway area in Upper Island Cove, including the buildings on site, will be
14B LOBSTER OPENING MAIL IN BALLOT
The ballots of the 14B Lobster opening date were counted at the FFAW office in Corner Brook today. Executive Board Member, Chris Genge and harvesters Rod Cornick and Vernon Lavers
UPDATE ON 3K4 CRAB
There will be an Area 4 fleet meeting later this week in Grand Falls – Windsor. The timing depends on when the information is received from DFO, but a TAC
14A LOBSTER OPENING MAIL IN BALLOT
The ballots of the 14A Lobster opening date were counted at the FFAW office in Corner Brook today. Harvesters Frank Piercy and John Payne counted the ballots. The results were
CHANGES TO BUDDY-UP IN THE SNOW CRAB FISHERY
Buddy-up is a DFO-authorized temporary arrangement allowing a maximum of two (2) licence holders in the small vessel fleet, holding valid licences for the same species, the same fishing area, and
FISHERIES GUIDE VESSEL OPPORTUNITIES
The West White Rose Project will require Fisheries Guide Vessels to accompany the inshore tow of the Concrete Gravity-Based Structure (oil platform) in Placentia Bay, the offshore tow of the
FFAW and ASP Hold Joint Press Conference on Tariff Threat to Fishery
FFAW-Unifor President Dwan Street and Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) Executive Director Jeff Loder held a joint press conference today in St. John’s to address concerns of membership regarding the
14A Lobster Ballot to be returned by February 14, 2025
14A Lobster Ballots have been mailed out to all License Holders on January 16, 2025. Ballots must be returned in the included self-addressed postage paid envelope only. Ballots must be
14B Lobster Ballot Coming to your Mailboxes
14B Lobster Ballots have been mailed to all License Holders on January 30, 2025, and will be arriving in mailboxes in the next few days. Ballots must be returned in