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Capelin Prices 2025

Minimum pricing for capelin will be determined using the “Sampling Procedure” outlined in paragraph5.0 (of the
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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
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Capelin Price 2023

FFAW and ASP have agreed to a minimum price of $0.25/lb for Grade “A” Capelin in
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Capelin Price 2022

The Standing Fish Price Setting Panel has just announced their decision on the price of capelin
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Capelin Price 2021

Capelin 2021 Price Table 2021 Prices Percent Female Capelin Price per pound -70 or less count
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Capelin Prices 2020

The Standing Fish Price Setting Panel today released its decision on capelin prices for 2020. The
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Capelin Prices 2019

The Standing Fish Price Setting Panel announced its decision for capelin this afternoon, selecting the position
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Capelin Prices 2017

Click here for the addendum to the 2017 capelin price agreement. June 14, 2017 – Today,
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Capelin Prices 2016

Record High Prices for Capelin in 2016 On June 20, 2016, the Standing Fish Price Setting
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Capelin Prices 2015

Gains in the 2014 capelin fishery continues into 2015 There is a two-tiered minimum price system
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Capelin Prices 2014

Panel picks Union price offer on capelin The province’s Fish Price-Setting Panel has picked the FFAW
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Capelin Prices 2013

Minimum price for 55 count and under – 10 cents per pound, based on minimum 40% usable
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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.