UFAWU-Unifor Remembers Helen-Anne Beans
With deep sadness, we announce the passing of UFAWU-Unifor Vice President, Helen-Anne Beans. Helen passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 25th. Born on March 30th, 1990, Helen was 32 years old at the time of her death. After many years of...
NSB MPA Network Proposal Now Open for Public Engagement
The Northern Shelf Bioregion Marine Protected Area Network (NSB MPAn) proposal consultation process is now open for public engagement. UFAWU’s Business Agent Emily Orr is a Commercial Fishery Representative Member of the Integrated Advisory Committee, which serves as...
September Bulletin Out Now
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Fraser Update & A Note From Our Organizer
Today, the PSC recommended and the Panel adopted a run size of 3.8M for the Summer run and 2.05M for the Late run (an increase from 2M). Despite a small run size increase to Late run Sockeye, there is no additional quota available for Area B and H at this time. Area B...
UFAWU Meets With Minister Osborne, Others
Today, UFAWU-Unifor met with Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship Josie Osborne. Union leadership and staff explained the devastating impact that the PSSI closures had on fishers, the desperate need for support akin to what the agriculture industry has...
Update: Minister Murray NOT Stepping Down
Yesterday, UFAWU-Unifor shared news gathered from Reuters that Fisheries and Oceans Canada Minister Joyce Murray may be stepping down from her position due to health concerns. The report in Reuters cited an anonymous source. We have since learned that this report was...
PSC Update From DFO, Media & Political Engagement
PSC Update From DFO The Fraser Panel met today for their normally scheduled meeting. The accounted run to date of Fraser Sockeye is 3,375,300 and the in-season adopted run size is 5,544,000 (pre-season expectation at the p50 was 9,775,000). Summers are tracking below...
UFAWU Response to Minister Murray, Rebecca Reid & Fraser Panel Canadian Caucus
Yesterday, UFAWU staff and leadership did our best to pull together short-notice meetings in support of access to Fraser sockeye commercial fisheries for Canadian South Coast salmon fleets in light of the news that the PSC/Fraser Panel Canadian Caucus had rejected...
TODAY: Steveston & Campbell River Fisher Rallies Supporting Commercial Fishery On Fraser Sockeye
Today, Sunday, Aug 21, 2022, commercial fish harvesters will hold rallies in Steveston B.C. and Campbell River B.C. in support of fishing fleets having a fishery on Fraser Sockeye runs. The Steveston B.C. rally will be held at the dock near Pajo's Fish & Chips at...
RALLY NOTICE: UFAWU-Unifor Will Hold Steveston & Campbell River Rallies Sunday, Aug 21, 2022
Attention Commercial Fish Harvesters, We are holding a rally in Steveston & Campbell River on Sunday, Aug 21, 2022 (TOMORROW) to support BC’s commercial fleets having a fishery on Fraser Sockeye runs. As you are aware, the PSC made run-size recommendations that...