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UPDATE – Meeting Notice for 3K Harvesters

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UPDATE - Meeting Notice for 3K Harvesters
Start Time: December 8, 2020 12:00 pm

PLEASE NOTE – In consideration of feedback from members, we will be increasing the attendance to 10 harvesters per meeting for the meetings taking place on December 9th and 10th. We are trying our best to be accommodating to our membership, while exercising necessary precautions in accordance with the advice of the Department of Health and Community Services.

FFAW will be holding meetings for harvesters in 3K on December 9th and December 10th:

Wednesday Dec 9

2 pm Musgrave Harbour Fire Hall

7 pm Musgrave Harbour Fire Hall

Thursday Dec 10

10 am Change Islands Town Hall

2 pm Fogo Lion’s Club

7 pm Fogo Lion’s Club

Dwan Street, Staff Representative; Robert Keenan, Secretary-Treasurer; and Aubrey Brinson, Council Member; will be in attendance.

Due to ongoing COVID-19 precautions, 10 harvesters will be able to attend per meeting.

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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.