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Price Setting Panel Selects FFAW Price in Reconsideration of Shrimp

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Price Setting Panel Selects FFAW Price in Reconsideration of Shrimp
July 14, 2020

The Standing Fish Price Panel released its decision on the shrimp price reconsideration filed by ASP last Friday, July 10th. The Panel selected the FFAW price of $1.08. The ASP price submission was $0.85.

While FFAW is pleased that its price was selected, we strongly believe that this reconsideration should not have taken place. By any measure, ASP did not meet the statutory requirements to trigger a reconsideration. Reconsiderations are not supposed to serve as a do-over of the original hearing, but this is what happened in this case. As a result, harvesters had to reduce their offer to avoid a price in the 80-cent range.

Thank you to the committee for its attention and feedback throughout this difficult situation.

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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.