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Notice to Fish Harvesters – REMINDER: Electronic Logbooks – Virtual Meetings – nf.25.003
January 3, 2025

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA

NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS

nf.25.003B

Jan. 3, 2025

REMINDER: Electronic Logbooks – Virtual Meetings

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans would like to advise that Electronic Logbooks will be mandatory for Newfoundland and Labrador commercial Lobster harvesters and the Full-time and Mid-shore Snow crab fleets starting in the 2025 season. DFO will hold Virtual meetings with these harvesters to provide further information on ELOGs and this requirement. These meetings are scheduled on the following dates:

Tuesday, January 7:

Fulltime Snow crab fleet – 10am

Lobster harvesters in 4R3Pn – 2pm

Wednesday, January 8:

Lobster harvesters in 3Ps – 10am

Lobster harvesters in 3K – 2pm

Friday, January 10:

Lobster harvesters in 3L – 2pm

Harvesters who wish to attend are requested to confirm their attendance by sending an email to Kailey.Noonan@dfo-mpo.gc.ca. Please include the specific date and time of the meeting you wish to attend in your email. Upon confirmation, a link to the virtual meeting will be provided.

‘Notices to Fish Harvesters’ for all commercial fisheries are available online on the DFO NL region webpage: https://www.nfl.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/en

If you would like to have all “Notices to Fish Harvesters” for commercial fisheries sent directly to you by email please contact: miranda.pyror@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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For information, contact:
Kailey Noonan
Resource Manager
Tel. (343)571-7596
E-mail: kailey.noonan@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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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.