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Charter Opportunity: Bonavista and White Bays Off-beach Capelin Spawning
July 26, 2019
07/26/2019

Charter Opportunity: Bonavista and White Bays Off-beach Capelin Spawning

FFAW is accepting applications from Bonavista Bay and White Bay harvesters for charters to document off-beach capelin spawning locations.

Applicants are required to have knowledge of the capelin fishery, and have a vessel equipped with GPS. An FFAW field technician will be on-board during the activity.

Interested harvesters may contact Natalya Dawe at the FFAW office in St. John’s (709-576-7276) for additional information or to receive an application.

The deadline for application is WEDNESDAY, JULY 31.

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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.