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Shrimp Price 2023

2023 Fall Shrimp

FFAW and ASP have reached an agreement by which companies will continuing their current practices of paying $0.28-$0.30/lb above the summer distribution price for the remainder of 2023.

2023 Summer Shrimp

The Standing Fish Price Setting Panel has selected ASP’s price offer for 2023 summer shrimp.  The price for summer shrimp is below along with the price table.  FFAW’s offer was $1.20 to the plant and $1.17 trucked.

ASP’s accepted spring shrimp price offer:

$0.92 /lb landed to plant

$0.89 /lb trucked north of Port Saunders on the Northern Peninsula

$0.84 /lb trucked from elsewhere on the island

Summer 2023 Price Distribution:

Size CategoriesPrice
2.0 – 2.9 0.329
3.0 – 3.9 0.555
4.0 – 4.9 0.678
5.0 – 5.9 0.802
6.0 – 6.9 0.945
7.0 – 7.9 1.012
8.0 – 8.9 1.085
9.0 – 9.9 1.188
10.0+ 1.219
 $0.92

2023 Spring Shrimp

The Standing Fish Price Setting Panel has selected ASP’s price offer for 2023 spring shrimp.  The price for spring shrimp is below along with the price table.  FFAW’s offer was $1.58 to the plant and $1.55 trucked.

ASP’s accepted spring shrimp price offer:

$1.08 /lb landed to plant

$1.05 /lb trucked north of Port Saunders on the Northern Peninsula

$1.00 /lb trucked from elsewhere on the island

Spring 2023 Price Distribution:

Size CategoriesPrice
2.0 – 2.9 0.386
3.0 – 3.9 0.651
4.0 – 4.9 0.796
5.0 – 5.9 0.942
6.0 – 6.9 1.109
7.0 – 7.9 1.188
8.0 – 8.9 1.273
9.0 – 9.9 1.395
10.0+ 1.431
 $1.08

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.