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Capelin Prices 2024

The Panel selected a minimum price $0.25/lbs. for Grade “A” Capelin in 2024. This is a rollover of prices from 2023.

However, six processing companies signed agreements with FFAW that they would pay a Grade “A” price of $0.30/lbs. These companies are: Barry Group, Beothic Fish Processors, Golden Shell Fisheries, Labrador Fishermen’s Union Shrimp Company, Bay Roberts Seafood, & Happy Adventure Sea Products. Two other companies have also verbally committed to pay this price.

For Grade “A” price capelin ($0.30), the capelin must meet the following specifications:

i) 55 count and under

ii) Maximum 10% feed content

iii) Minimum 40% usable females, classifying less than 5.25 inch females as males for determining eligibility for the “A” price only.

Where one or more of the conditions set out above have not been met for “A” pricing, that is, capelin is not 55 count and under, and/or exceeds 10% feed and/or not 40% useable female, the minimum price shall be determined in accordance with the price table below.

% Female CapelinPrice per lbs. – 70 or less count ocean runPrice per lbs. – 65 or less count ocean runPrice per lbs. – 55 or less count ocean runPrice per lbs. – 45 or less count ocean run
30-34.9%9111416
35-39.9%10121518
40-44.9%13151720
45-49.9%14161921
50-54.9%15182022
55-59.9%16192124
60-64.5%18202225
65-69.9%19212427
70-74.9%20222527
75-79.5%21242729
80% +22252730
Capelin must have a minimum of 23% roe content.

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.