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Snow Crab Negotiations Head to Price Setting Panel
March 28, 2018
03/28/2018

Snow crab negotiations between FFAW and ASP were conducted in St. John’s this week. The current crab market is very strong and it was the goal of the crab negotiating committee, composed of your fellow harvesters, to secure the highest possible minimum price for the upcoming season.

After three days of negotiation FFAW and ASP could not agree to a price. Tomorrow morning the Standing Fish Price Setting Panel will hear our arguments and decide the price. The Panel must pick one of the two offers; the Panel cannot create it own price.

FFAW’s offer to the Panel is $4.80. ASP’s offer to the Panel is $4.55. We anticipate a decision by the Panel early next week.

We will let you all know the result as soon as it is made. Thank you to the Crab Negotiating Committee for putting in a lot of work and long hours this week. Your efforts certainly made a difference.

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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.