“Hell Afloat in St. Anthony” – FFAW Filing Labour Grievances Against Plant Management
In response to allegations of worker mistreatment by management at the Royal Greenland fish plant in St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) has been rallying for fair treatment of the local plant workers.
“It’s Hell afloat in St. Anthony at the Royal Greenland plant,” said FFAW President Greg Pretty. “We went through a rough time with them two years ago with 15 grievances; had most of them heard; won most of them; established a couple ...
N.L. Shrimp Holding Steady, Despite Industry Downturn
According to the Labrador Fishermen’s Union Shrimp Company (LFUSC), the Newfoundland and Labrador shrimp season is holding steady, despite a recent downturn in catches.
The LFUSC, which operates five processing plants in coastal Labrador, is taking in as much Northern shrimp as it can, despite what LFUSC CEO Gilbert Linstead called a “slump” in the cooked and peeled shrimp industry.
The 2022–2023 season saw shrimp fishing area (SFA) 5 and 6 roll over from last year, with 14,200 ...
The 1775 Hurricane: “A Most Terrible Gale of Wind”
“On the 12th of September, in the year 1775, this coast was visited by a most terrible gale of wind,” wrote Reverend Lewis Anspach in the History of the Island of Newfoundland, 1819.
It’s early September in 1775. Newfoundland’s waters, rich with the bounty of the sea, are teeming with fishermen from Ireland and England looking to reap the spoils of this abundance. Without much warning, the waters surge 30 feet and the winds begin to howl, casting the small fishing boats into the ...
The North Atlantic Fish & Workboat Show Returns to Newfoundland This Fall
This November, the North Atlantic Fish & Workboat Show will make its return to St John’s, Newfoundland at the Mary Brown’s Centre.
Pre-registration is now open for the event which is set to take place on November 17 and 18. Visitors are encouraged to take advantage of the FREE Registration promotion currently taking place to guarantee their entry into the event. Not only will this save visitors money but will also fast track their entrance into the show.
Visitors can CLICK HERE to ...
Project R3D: Giving Old Plastic a New Purpose
Above photo: Project R3D attended the Enactus Regional Exposition for Atlantic Canada, where they won the Scotiabank Climate Change Challenge award.
From plastic bottles to fishing gear, Project R3D is taking plastic waste in Newfoundland and Labrador and giving it new life.
The project was created through Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Enactus program — a student entrepreneurial program that “strives to solve environmental, social and economic issues through entreprene...
Private Crab Sales on the Rise, says SEA-NL
Facing down $2.20 per pound crab prices, some harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador have begun privately selling crab to make up for the downturn in the market.
Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) said that many harvesters were unaware of their rights to privately sell crab. According to SEA-NL’s president Pam Petten, their Pot-to-Plate program, which sought to act as an intermediary between buyers and harvesters, served as a catalyst for harvesters to ...
Snow Crab Season 2023: Good Landings But Low Prices
With Newfoundland and Labrador’s crab season well underway, with minimum prices sitting at $2.20 per pound — down from over $7 per pound in 2022 — harvesters are feeling financial pressure, with most just fishing to break even.
Mario Rice, a harvester from Bay de Verde who’s been fishing for 32 seasons in the 6B area of the 3L inshore, says that a combination of low prices, high input costs and the shortened season has left him and his crew in hard financial circumstances.
He said ...
CWOIL Conference Aims to Build a More Inclusive Oceans Sector
Canadian Women in Ocean Industries Leadership (CWOIL), an organization meant to engage women in the oceans sector, held its first conference in the Delta Hotel in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador on May 9–11.
The three-day conference, which seeks to discuss success stories as well as strategies for enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for underrepresented groups in the oceans sector, turned out even better than expected according to Cathy Hogan, the executive director of ...
DFO Seeks Engagement on Supporting Owner-Operators in N.L.
Above: David Greening photo
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) recently held a stakeholder engagement in St. John’s, N.L. related to policy surrounding owner-operator policies, vessel length requirements for the inshore fleet and vessel registration.
Amy Kavanagh-Penney, the senior resource manager for licensing policies with DFO, said that the Newfoundland and Labrador engagement session is to work out the details on what works best for harvesters in the province....
Gus Etchegary: “A Key Figure in the Story of Newfoundland”
At 98 years old, Gus Etchegary, an industry giant and a long-time advocate for Newfoundland and Labrador’s fishing industry, passed away on May 7.
Etchegary was born on May 28, 1924, in St. Lawrence on Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula. In his nearly 99 years of life, Etchegary witnessed many of the historic events that make N.L. the province it is today — from N.L. becoming a Canadian province in 1949 to the cod moratorium of 1992.
The story of the Etchegary family in Newfoundland ...
