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Hearing for Snow Crab Price Reconsideration Underway Today

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Hearing for Snow Crab Price Reconsideration Underway Today
June 5, 2019
06/05/2019

Yesterday evening, the Standing Fish Price Setting Panel made the decision to hear the price reconsideration for the 2019 snow crab fishery. The FFAW snow crab negotiating committee submitted a final price offer of $5.07, while the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) submitted a price of $4.95.

The hearing will take place at 1:00pm today and a price must be decided no later than tomorrow at 7:30 am. We will provide an update as soon as a decision is announced by the Panel.

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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.