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Lobster Harvesters LFAs 4A & 7
April 15, 2025

FFAW Science is seeking applications from lobster harvesters in LFAs 4A & 7 to participate in the 2025 Lobster Science Program.

Data collected from this program is crucial for tracking and assessing the status of lobster in the Newfoundland and Labrador region. Work will include fishing a modified trap (cover the escape panel) as one of your daily traps and recording basic information on male and female lobsters. You will record your catch information in two paper logbooks – one for your commercial traps and one for your modified trap. You will also receive a temperature logger to attach to your modified trap and you will receive the temperature data at the end of the season.

Harvesters are being notified of this opportunity by this post and through email.

Applications are due April 23, 2025. Click here to view application.

For more information, please contact Jane Tucker:

T: 709-576-7276

C: 709-853-5924

E: jtucker@ffaw.ca

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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.