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06/24/2026

🦞 Lobster Price Update

Week: June 14 – 20
Avg UB Price (USD): 8.25
Exchange Rate: 1.41121
Avg UB (CAD): 11.64
Minimum Price to Harvesters: $8.46

06/23/2026

📣 3NO Competitive Halibut Fishery Meeting

FFAW will be hosting a Zoom meeting on the 3NO Competitive Halibut Fishery on Thursday July 2nd at 6pm.

This meeting is for those interested in participating in the fishery in the 2026 season.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Miranda Butler at [email protected] for meeting link/call information.

06/23/2026

📣 ONE WEEK LEFT TO ENROL IN THE FFAW HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN

The June 30 deadline is quickly approaching. Members interested in health coverage are encouraged to review the plan details and submit their enrolment forms before the deadline.

The application process is simple and can be completed by printing the form, filling out both pages, taking photos, and emailing them directly from your phone.

The separate Medavie Blue Cross Dental Plan also remains open for enrolment until July 15, 2026, with no waiting period for applications submitted during the enrolment window.

Please review the original post below for full plan details, application links, deadlines, and contact information.

📣 FFAW HEALTH AND DENTAL PLAN ENROLMENT INFORMATION

FFAW members are reminded that the Health Benefits Plan and Dental Plan are two separate offers, with separate enrolment processes, providers, deadlines, and contact information.

Members interested in both health and dental coverage are encouraged to review the information for each plan and complete both enrolment processes before the applicable deadlines.

HEALTH BENEFITS:

The discounted health benefits plan from Belmont Health is available to FFAW members for an annual payment of $2,504.70 for one year of coverage.

The enrolment deadline for this plan is June 30, 2026.

Enrolling is easy and can be done right from your phone:
Step 1: Print off the Belmont Health enrolment form.
Step 2: Complete both pages, making sure to sign and date both pages.
Step 3: Take a clear picture of both completed pages.
Step 4: Email the pictures directly from your phone to [email protected].
Step 5: Send EMT information as per the instructions on the form.

Follow the link below for the Belmont Health enrolment form:
https://ffaw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FFAW-Enrolment.pdf

For any questions regarding the Health Benefits Plan, please contact Belmont
Health directly at 1-888-235-6169 or [email protected].

DENTAL PLAN:

Due to the number of inquiries about dental coverage, Cal LeGrow has secured a separate offer for FFAW members through Medavie Blue Cross.

Enrolment is open from May 22 to July 15, 2026. Applications submitted during this period will receive immediate coverage effective July 1, 2026, with no waiting period.

Plan highlights include:
• No waiting period
• No annual maximum
• 70% coverage
• One cleaning per year
• Coverage for fillings, root canals, extractions, and more
• AD&D coverage for members and eligible dependents
• No medical underwriting required

Members who enrol after July 15, 2026, will be subject to a six-month waiting period.

To review the full details and apply, please go to:
https://apply.bluecrosshealth.ca/dental/quotes/new/module-selection?lang=en&agent=true&referralId=00C9506BPah&phone=1%20709%20778-4119&salesRegion=Atlantic

For any questions relating to the Dental Plan, please contact Kirk Stoyles at 709-778-4119 or [email protected].

06/21/2026

🦀 Crab Price Update

The price to harvesters for crab landed Sunday, June 14 to Saturday, June 20 is $5.89.

The price for crab landed during the week of Sunday, June 21 to Saturday, June 27 will be released by noon on Monday, June 29.

06/20/2026

🔴 PANEL SELECTS FFAW OFFER FOR SUMMER SHRIMP

We received notice this morning that the Panel has selected the FFAW offer for summer shrimp.

This represents a significant increase over the summer 2025 price schedule, as well as the spring 2026 price schedule.

Thank you to the negotiating committee for your support and guidance: harvesters Chris Gould (4R), Chris Rose (3Kn), Bobby Noble (3Ks), Heather Starkes (3Ks), and Nelson Bussey (3L), and staff: Dwan Street, Sherry Glynn, Onye Oluoha, Miranda Butler, and Julian Ryan.

Below is the price table for shrimp landed to the plant and landed in St. Anthony or Port au Choix. The 8-cent deduction remains in place for shrimp trucked from elsewhere on the island.

Based on summer 2025 distributions, this price table results in an average price of $1.84/lb.

06/19/2026

📣 BAY DU NORD INFO SESSIONS

C-NLOER is inviting FFAW members to participate in a public review for the Bay du Nord Development Application through virtual and in-person information sessions. Registration for information sessions is now open. The public review period will open on Monday, June 22, 2026, and remain open until August 20, 2026. You must register for an information session in order to attend. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bay-du-nord-public-review-information-sessions-tickets-1991915766679?aff=oddtdtcreator

• June 22 – Virtual Session

• June 23 – Clarenville

• June 24 – Marystown

• June 25 – Virtual Session

• July 7 – Corner Brook

• July 8 – Gander

• July 9 – St. John’s

Additional information about the project development application and how to participate is on the project website at https://www.cnloer.ca/

FFAW will be submitting formal comments on behalf of members so kindly forward any questions or comments to Katie Power, Industry Relations Representative at [email protected] or 709-576-7276 ext 213.

06/19/2026

🔵 FIX THE EI BLACK HOLE

Seasonal workers rely on a combination of work and EI to make it through the full year. When the regional unemployment rate drops, the hours required to qualify can increase while the number of weeks of EI workers can access decreases.

Every two-percentage-point decrease in the unemployment rate means roughly three fewer weeks of EI for seasonal workers, creating the same kind of “black hole” that pushed workers onto social assistance in 2023–24.

Once the season is over, workers cannot go back and earn additional hours. EI rules must reflect the reality of seasonal work in rural Newfoundland and Labrador.

Stop penalizing seasonal workers. Fix EI now!

06/18/2026

📣SHRIMP REMINDERS

With the shrimp fishery underway in SFA 6, it’s a good time to post reminders about tolerances, limits, and dates. There are no changes; this is just a reminder of rules that have been in place for many years.

- The current spring price schedule expires on Saturday, June 20 at midnight. The summer price schedule will then be in place until mid-September. The parties were unable to reach an agreement, so the Panel hearing was held on Friday, June 12. We are expecting a decision tomorrow, and the price will be posted as soon as it is available.
-The fleet caps for SFA 6 are: 2J 120,000 lb, plus 10,000 lb cap tolerance; 3Kn 120,000 lb, plus 10,000 lb cap tolerance; 3Ks 73,825 lb, plus 10,000 lb cap tolerance; 3L 110,000 lb, plus 10,000 lb cap tolerance.
- There is a 10,000 lb per share cap tolerance and a 10,000 lb per share trip limit tolerance. The trip limit tolerance does not allow you to exceed your cap plus tolerance. It just allows you flexibility in your trip limits.
- When calculating overruns, reject shrimp is deducted from the catch.
- Trip limits change on June 20. That table is posted below.
- Details on the re-opening of SFA 7 are expected next week, and we will post as soon as information is available.

06/18/2026

📣 We are now accepting photos for our annual PHOTO CONTEST. Please submit your on-the-job photos for a chance to win one of three prizes!

What are we looking for? Photos taken of our members in their day-to-day work lives. On the water, in the plant or on the job site. We want to showcase what you do for a living and the things you see along the way!

Three winners will be chosen:

First Prize – $100 Gift Card of Choice

Second Prize – $75 Gift Card of Choice

Third Prize – $50 Gift Card of Choice

Requirements to enter:

- Photos must be high resolution (full-size image)
- You own the rights or have permission to use the photo
- By entering, you give permission for submitted photos to be used in future promotional material including on social media

No limit to entries – submit as many photos as you want!

All entries must be received by Sunday, August 31, 2026, to be entered for the the draw. Send photos to [email protected] with the following information:

- Photo taken by
- Location of photo or home port
- Who or what is in the photo

06/17/2026

🔵 STOP PENALIZING SEASONAL WORKERS

Seasonal workers should not be punished for working in a seasonal industry that our province’s economy depends upon.

Under the current EI divisor, workers may need nearly $4,000 more in earnings to receive the same maximum weekly benefit, even when the length of the season is completely out of their control.

Stop penalizing seasonal workers. Fix EI now!