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Mowi Consultation Meeting in Harbour Breton

Harbour Breton
Start Time: August 9, 2022 9:00 am

Mowi Canada East will be hosting a consultation meeting on Tuesday, August 9th at 10:00AM in the Harbour Breton Lion’s Club. Discussion will include growth plans for proposed aquaculture sites west of Francois. This meeting is open to fish harvesters in the Fortune Bay area.

For more information, please contact the FFAW St. John’s office at (709) 576-7276.

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.