Skip to content

REMINDER: DFO OUTREACH MEETING - GREENSPOND

Home
Member Updates
REMINDER: DFO OUTREACH MEETING – GREENSPOND
December 6, 2024

DFO will be hosting an in-person Outreach Meeting on Monday, December 9th in Greenspond. The meeting will be held at 3 P.M. at the Town of Greenspond Building. The intent of the meeting is to provide inshore harvesters and other interested steakholders an opportunity to discuss matters of concern with respect to the various inshore fisheries. Fish Harvesters are encouraged to attend.

Latest News

PREMIER WAKEHAM HEARS HARVESTER CONCERNS, COMMITS TO FINDING WAY FORWARD

FFAW Meets with Provincial Government: Tuesday Deadline for Intervention 

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR COMMUNITIES ROBBED OVER $100 MILLION DOLLARS; ASP CARTEL WILL BE STOPPED 

2025 SNOW CRAB REBATE RESULTS

CRAB REBATE UPDATE

News Categories

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.