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REVISED CRAB SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT – CREW SHARES

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REVISED CRAB SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT – CREW SHARES
January 4, 2025

Payments are currently being distributed to qualifying snow crab enterprises. Plants have agreed to pay a final per pound price of $3.75, meaning those who were paid a per pound rate below this amount will be paid the difference. This agreement is separate from the original rebate agreement made this spring (which calculated a final price of $3.19), and as a result the same legal obligations do not apply.

While there is no legal obligation to do so, enterprise owners who receive payment for snow crab landings in 2024 are encouraged to distribute these funds per the original crew share agreement.

FFAW-Unifor continues to work towards an improved formula agreement in advance of the 2025 crab fishing season. Updates will be provided when available.

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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.