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FFAW Submits Notice of Intent to Negotiate Turbot and Sea Cucumber

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FFAW Submits Notice of Intent to Negotiate Turbot and Sea Cucumber
July 2, 2020

FFAW has a filed a notice of intent to negotiate minimum price for turbot and sea cucumber. Pursuant to the Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act, processors must start price negotiations within 20 days of the notice to negotiate being filed.

Negotiations on turbot will start on Monday July 6th and negotiations for sea cucumber will start on Monday July 13th. The Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) will represent the processors for both negotiations. If there is no agreement on price, the matter will be heard by the Standing Fish Price Setting Panel. Dates for the Panel hearings have not been set, but the turbot hearing would be the same week as turbot negotiations and likewise for sea cucumber.

Current prices paid for turbot and sea cucumber are now frozen until a price has been set for both species. Processors cannot pay less per pound than what is currently being paid. Processors can pay more with the consent of the harvester. If a processor tries to lower per pound prices between now and when a price is established, please contact your staff rep.

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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.