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April 14, 2021

April 14, 2021 – The Standing Fish Price Setting Panel released its decision this evening on lobster and it selected the position of FFAW-Unifor.
This is a very positive result for lobster harvesters in the province. The specifics of the decision are as follows:

• The Urner Barry formula remains.
• The dates that compose the weekly price to harvesters are the Thursday of the fishing week and the Tuesday of the week after.
• For a decade, there has been a 15-cent deduction from the weekly price prior to the price being converted to Canadian currency. With this decision, the deduction is lowered to 11-cents, which amounts to a 5-cent per pound increase in price when currency conversion is factored.

Thank you to the negotiating committee for your hard work and input leading up to and during negotiations.

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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.