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MEMBERSHIP MEETING 3Pn/4R
December 8, 2025

FFAW is looking to interview fish harvesters who fish along the southcoast. Given increasing pressures from conservation groups and industry, we need members help identifying marine areas, for whatever reason, that must be prioritized for commercial fishing access.

We will be in BURGEO at 2:00pm at the Upper Deck on Tuesday, December 9th.

This does not have to be limited to fishing areas, but can also be common transit routes, feeding areas, productive habitats. Essentially ANY MARINE AREA YOU DO NOT WANT TO LOSE/SACRIFICE TO CONSERVATION OR INDUSTRY AND WHY. No such database currently exists and we want to be able to show governments and other stakeholders a map of our claimed space along the southwest coast.

Please be prepared to spend time marking up maps. Secretary Treasurer Jamie Baker, new 3Ps member rep Crystal Lynn Gorman and Industry Relations Representative Katie Power will be in attendance.

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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.