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Cod Buddy-Up Proposal and Ballot in the Mail
May 16, 2024

For several years, harvesters have been seeking buddy up in the 2J3KL Northern cod fishery. The desire for buddy up is being driven by several factors: safety, economics, availability of crewmembers, and quality of the catch.

The mailout should be arriving in your post box soon and includes the proposed buddy up policy (so you know what you’re voting on) and the ballot. Please complete the ballot and return using the enclosed, prepaid envelope. Ballots must be postmarked by May 31, 2024. The count will be conducted, and results released by June 5, 2024.

This policy was drafted by our Cod Working Group, supported by Inshore Council, and will be proposed to DFO pending the result of this ballot. It is important to note that the department makes the final decision on each aspect of this proposal, including whether to allow buddy up in 2J3KL Northern cod.

If you have any questions about this ballot or the buddy up proposal, please call the Union office at 709-576-7276, or reach our directly to Member Representatives Miranda Butler (mbutler@ffaw.ca), Sherry Glynn (sglynn@ffaw.ca) and Jeff Griffin (jgriffin@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.