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YOUNG HARVESTERS COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS OPEN
November 27, 2025

Dec. 2025 to Dec. 2028 Term

The nomination process is now open for the FFAW’s Young Harvester Committee.

The Young Harvesters Committee is a space for harvesters around the province to bring forward challenges and solution, gain understanding of the industry’s inner-workings, develop leadership skills and confidence, and get to know harvesters from other regions and fleets.

There are TWO POSITIONS available for each NAFO area

  1. 2J
  2. 4R
  3. 3Pn
  4. 3Ps
  5. 3L
  6. 3K

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE NOMINATION FORM AND COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE.

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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.