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MEDIA ADVISORY: Northern Cod Injunction Hearing - Virtual Attendance Registration Open

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Northern Cod Injunction Hearing – Virtual Attendance Registration Open
October 9, 2024

WHAT: Federal Court hearing on FFAW-Unifor’s application for an injunction to stay offshore dragger access to the Northern cod fishery pending judicial review

WHEN: Friday, October 11, 2024, at 9:30am

WHERE: Virtual attendance via Zoom

The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor) is inviting media and interested members to virtually attend the Federal Court hearing on its application for an injunction related to the Northern cod fishery.

The injunction seeks to legally stay offshore dragger access to the fishery until a judicial review can be completed of Minister Diane Lebouthillier’s June 2024 decision to end the Northern cod moratorium. FFAW-Unifor argues that allowing offshore draggers access before the review is complete will cause irreparable harm to the fishery.

Media and members of the public wishing to virtually attend the hearing must pre-register using the following link:

https://cas-satj.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q-IpHClMRCimyrjzSxsYmg#/registration

The full judicial review proceedings are expected to be scheduled for sometime in 2025.

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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.