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Category: Member Updates

14A LOBSTER COMMITTEE NOMINATION PERIOD

Nomination Period for the 14A Lobster Committee will run from Monday, December 8th to Friday, December 12th, 2025. Harvesters can call the Corner Brook Office (709) 634-0277, during regular office
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MSC BALTIC III SALVAGE UPDATE

As of December 4th, the following is an update on the current status of the MSC Baltic III as per MSC representatives: – The cableway is operational, and crews are
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HIS SEASON, YOUR DONATION MATTERS MORE THAN EVER

FFAW-Unifor’s Women’s Committee is encouraging folks to consider making a donation to a food bank this holiday season. This time of year is very difficult for food banks – we
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CRAB REBATE AND EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 

Crab rebate payments must be filed with Service Canada as retro payments to the applicable claim period you have already filed.  Since these are payments for a fishing period already
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YOUNG HARVESTERS COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS OPEN

Dec. 2025 to Dec. 2028 Term The nomination process is now open for the FFAW’s Young Harvester Committee. The Young Harvesters Committee is a space for harvesters around the province
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LOBSTER COMMITTEE ELECTION MEETING FOR 13B (BAY OF ISLANDS REPRESENTATIVES)

There will be a LFA 13B (Bay of Islands Representatives) Lobster Committee Election held at the Greenwood Inn in Corner Brook on Wednesday, December 3rd at 1:30pm. FFAW Representative Jeff
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3K FLEET MEETINGS NOTICE FOR LOBSTER AND PELAGIC HARVESTERS

3K Fleet Meetings Notice: * Baie Verte (White Bay Fleet)– at the Baie Vista Inn on Monday, December 1st starting at 10:00am.  * Baie Verte (Green Bay Fleet)– at the
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LOBSTER COMMITTEE ELECTION MEETING FOR 13A & 13B

There will be a LFA 13A & 13B Lobster Committee Election Meeting held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Stephenville on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025. * The Election for 13A
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Snow Crab Rebate Update

This morning, FFAW President Dwan Street, Inshore Director Sherry Glynn and crab negotiating committee member Glen Winslow met with provincial fisheries and aquaculture Minister Loyola O’Driscoll, Deputy Minister Jamie Chippett, and ADM
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UPDATE ON CRAB FINAL PAYOUT

In April, FFAW won the Panel decision on crab, but now ASP is attempting to draw the union into an arbitration which would see rebate payments delayed to harvesters, allowing
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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.