FFAW celebrating 'significant victory' as panel sets snow crab price

Maddie Ryan · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 10, 2025 4:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

The province's price-setting sheet has sided with the Fish, Food and Allied Workers' snowfall crab pricing connection of a $4.97 per lb level terms this season.

In a property merchandise Thursday evening, FFAW president Dwan Street wrote that the determination is "historically significant."

"Today's sheet determination is yet putting a strategy successful spot that gives harvesters a consciousness of fairness and transparency," the merchandise continued. 

The determination came the aforesaid time the 2025 play opened. In a Facebook station Thursday afternoon, the FFAW stated it was "mobilizing efforts to find buyers consenting to wage the FFAW terms — regardless of the sheet outcome."

The Association of Seafood Producers offered the sheet a starting terms of $4.50 per lb with a play adjustment.

The FFAW's last connection was designed to accommodate harvesters passim the state who whitethorn beryllium affected by fluctuations successful terms owed ot factors beyond their control, specified arsenic upwind and scheduling.

"If harvesters successful St. Anthony are delayed due to the fact that of ice, they're going to get the aforesaid terms arsenic a harvester successful St. John's who tin acceptable pots aboriginal this week," the FFAW's website reads successful a station published the time the last connection was submitted.

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