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DFO OUTREACH MEEETINGS ON LOBSTER CONSERVATION

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DFO OUTREACH MEEETINGS ON LOBSTER CONSERVATION
September 6, 2025

DFO Science is holding outreach meetings in several locations in the coming days in relation to conservation and assessment methods in the lobster fishery.

FFAW-Unifor will have representatives at each meeting.

All meetings will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at each venue.

Sept. 9: St. Anthony (St. Anthony Polar Centre)

Sept. 10: Corner Brook (Quality Inn)

Sept. 11: Port aux Basques (St. Christopher’s Hotel)

Sept. 12: Burgeo (Gillett’s Motel)

Sept. 16: Twillingate (Anchor Inn Hotel and Suites)

Sept. 17: Harbour Breton (Harbour Breton Lions Club)

Sept. 18: Clarenville (Clarenville Inn)

Sept. 19: Marystown (St. Gabriel’s Hall)

Sept. 22: St. John’s (The Lantern)

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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.