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SNOW CRAB NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
March 30, 2023

Final offers have been submitted to the Standing Fish Price Setting Panel for the 2023 snow crab fishery. The FFAW Negotiations Committee final offer submission is $3.53, while ASP’s final offer is $2.15. The Panel hearing will take place tomorrow where both sides will argue their positions before the Panel members, and a decision should be made next week.

Thank you to the negotiating team:

Jamie Barnett
Nelson Bussey
Andy Careen
Jim Chidley
Tony Doyle
Wayne Hicks
Trevor Jones
Ivan Lear
Glen Newbury
Mike Noonan
Alton Rumbolt
Brad Patey
Chad Payne
Rodney Power
Albert Wells
Glen Winslow

 

 

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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.