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Capelin Prices 2012

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Capelin Prices 2012

FFAW and ASP have negotiated a roll-over of the 2011 Capelin Schedule, and established a Working Group to collect detailed information during the 2012 fishing season to provide information for future negotiations. Once this information is collected, it will allow a full review of current specs for capelin, and their relevance to current markets.

Prices for this year are as follows:

55 count per kilo and under: 10 cents per pound

Based on the following conditions:

1. Minimum 40% usable females

2. Minimum 10% feed content

Where one or more of conditions (1) or (2) have not been met, or where the size of capelin exceeds 55 count per kilo, the price shall be determined between the individual harvester and processor.

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.