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Price Setting Panel Sides with FFAW Price in Reconsideration of Snow Crab

May 14, 2020

The Price Setting Panel has just released their decision for the price reconsideration of snow crab, siding with the FFAW’s price of $3.50 per pound. This price comes into effect tonight at midnight.

Once again we’d like to extend our thanks to the negotiating committee for their hard work during unprecedented times this year.

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.