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UPDATE - SITE ADDED: Placentia Bay Green Crab Project 2023-2024

May 15, 2023

May 15, 2023 – Applications are now being accepted for Green Crab Mitigation Under Fisheries and Marine Institute’s ongoing project in Placentia Bay. Awarded Harvesters will conduct project from one of the following 7 locations:

[1: Northeast Arm]
[2: Southeast Arm]
[3: Swift Current]
[4: Come by Chance Gut]
[5: St. Joseph’s]
[6: Glennons Cove Pond]
[7: North Harbour]

* Harvesters may apply for multiple locations. However, they will only be awarded one. Application deadline is May 19th 2023 @ 4pm. For more information/questions please call April Wiseman – 709-576-7276

Click here to download application

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.