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Panel Sides with FFAW, Preserves Urner Barry Formula for Lobster

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Panel Sides with FFAW, Preserves Urner Barry Formula for Lobster
April 30, 2020

The Price Setting Panel has released their decision to uphold the longstanding Urner Barry pricing formula and to maintain the minimum lobster price of $3.25 per pound. The only change this year being that the price system will be based on one Urner Barry price quote per week, instead of two as in previous years. After this year, the formula will revert back to using two price quotes per week. FFAW is pleased that the Panel chose to protect the Urner Barry pricing formula and minimum price for harvesters as they prepare to set gear in some areas this coming weekend.

Opening dates have been determined by the committees for the following areas:

Area 10 and 11 – May 2nd

Area 12 – May 1st

Area 13 A – May 4th

Area 13 B – May 6th

Area 14 – May 16th

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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.