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Notice to harvesters participating in the Traceability Project

April 13, 2017
04/13/2017

Tag delivery is expected next week and distribution of tags will begin the week of April 24th. Pick-up locations will be posted here on the website/Facebook page. If you have any questions, or would like to participate this year, please contact Dwan Street in the St. John’s office or Brenda Pieroway at the Corner Brook office.

Participating harvesters are to destroy any tags left over from last year as the numbers will not be valid this year. We will issue new tags for 2017.

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.