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CALLING INTERESTED HARVESTERS FOR INTERVIEWS ON CHANGES IN SEAL ABUNDANCE
March 5, 2024

Harvesters highlight the need to understand the impacts from seal predation on all our fisheries in NL waters. To help address this gap in knowledge, FFAW is calling on harvesters to volunteer to do an interview to discuss seal abundance over their fishing career. We want to document local changes in seal abundance, distribution and seasonality over the past 20-40 years. Interested harvesters can contact Ian Ivany at 709-576-7276 or iivany@ffaw.ca.

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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.