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CRAB PRICE UPDATE: APRIL 19 TO 256 AND APRIL 26 TO MAY 2, 2026
April 27, 2026

🔴🦀CRAB PRICE UPDATE: APRIL 26 TO MAY 2, 2026

Urner Barry (UB) began quoting NL 5-8 oz sections on Thursday, April 23.

By noon every Monday we will send out the price you will be paid for the crab you landed last week.
We average the Tuesday-Thursday UB and apply the currency to get the market price. From there, we use the price table to determine the price to harvesters.

The price to harvesters for landings Sunday, April 19 to Saturday, April 25 was $5.89.

As per Paragraph 1 of the agreement “During the time period prior to the first UB quote, should the initial UB NL 5-8 oz low quote create a higher price to harvesters than $5.75/lb, processors will rebate harvesters the price difference, for the period prior to the quote.” This means that harvesters will be rebated the difference between $5.89 and $5.75 (14 cents) for crab landed in the week Sunday April 19 to Saturday April 25.

The price per pound for crab landed during the week of Sunday, April 26 to Saturday, May 2 will be released by noon on Monday, May 4.

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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.