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Licence Retirement Deadline Reminder & Prawn IFMP

Licence Retirement Deadline Reminder & Prawn IFMP

Pacific Salmon Commercial Licence Retirement Program Deadline Reminder This is a reminder that applications for the Pacific Salmon Commercial Licence Retirement Program are currently being accepted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). Applications for the Pacific...

Herring Charity Sale, Prawn Labels, & More

Herring Charity Sale, Prawn Labels, & More

Herring Charity Sale Two herring charity sales are taking place this Saturday in Steveston and James Bay. In Steveston, The 12th annual herring sale, organized by the charity Fishermen Helping Kids with Cancer, will take place at the Harbour Authority on Trites Road...

Letter From UFAWU President James Lawson

Letter From UFAWU President James Lawson

Dear UFAWU Members, 2022 has been a challenging year for commercial fish harvesters. With salmon and herring fisheries seeing even further reductions of access, increased uncertainty on the impending MPA closures in the Northern Shelf Bioregion, and the alarming...

Dues Reminder and 2023 UFAWU-Unifor Calendar

Dues Reminder and 2023 UFAWU-Unifor Calendar

UFAWU-Unifor Member Dues Reminder This is a friendly reminder to update Union dues payments in accordance with the sliding scale for dues remittance. If your insurable fishing earnings for 2022 were greater than $2,500 and you had paid the minimum dues of $36 at the...