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Commercial Sealers Workshops

March 13, 2018
03/13/2018

2018 – Commercial Sealers Workshops

9:00am – Humane Harvesting
11:00am – Quality/Health/Handling
**Mary’s Harbour Workshop begins at 1:00pm (Quality at 3:00pm)

WEEK #1 – March 20-23
Cow Head – Tuesday, March 20th – Shallow Bay Motel
Mary’s Harbour, Labrador – Wednesday, March 21st – River Lodge Hotel **Begins 1:00pm
Grand Falls/Winsor – Wednesday, March 21st – Corduroy Brook Enhancement Assoc. (2 Conservation Place) St. John’s – Friday, March 23, 2018 – Capital Hotel

WEEK #2 – April 3-6
Plum Point – Tuesday, April 3rd – Plum Point Motel Deer Lake – Thursday, April 5th – Deer Lake Motel Clarenville – Friday, April 6th – St. Jude Hotel

Cost of the workshop is $50, which includes certificates for Humane Harvesting and Quality/Health/Handling.

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.