NEWS & MEDIA

2026

April 16, 2026

ASP and FFAW Finalize a Snow Crab Agreement for the 2026 Fishing Season

April 10, 2026

Court Grants an Injunction Against the FFAW Allowing Harvesters to Fish Snow Crab

February 17, 2026

Market Manipulation is a Myth in the Price Difference between Gulf and Newfoundland and Labrador Snow Crab

February 13, 2026

Arbitrator Rules Against FFAW on the Crab Settlement Price

January 9, 2026

Association of Seafood Producers responds to the 2025 Crab Settlement Price

January 7, 2026

Association of Seafood Producers Appoints Lorelei Roberts as Executive Director

2025

March 31, 2025

Seafood Industry Crisis: ASP Calls Out Political Interference and Delays in Crab Pricing Decision

March 7, 2025

PRESS RELEASE: The Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) Welcomes Kim Quinlan as the new Chair of the Board of Directors

2024

August 1, 2024

ASP highlights issues around snow crab inspection regulations and quality control

April 23, 2024

Iconic Northern Cod ‘Fishery Improvement Project’ continues as stock is out of the critical zone

March 21, 2024

ASP Responds to Fishery Issues

February 20, 2024

ASP Provides Update on Tie-Up Grievance

2023

May 17, 2023

FFAW stifling Newfoundland and Labrador’s crab fishery and the thousands who rely on the fishery

May 11, 2023

ASP provides clarity on recent developments on the snow crab fishery

May 2, 2023

ASP Statement to Media – May 2 2023

April 24, 2023

Iconic Northern Cod ‘Fishery Improvement Project’

April 24, 2023

ASP provides update on 2023 snow crab fishery

March 16, 2023

Producers concerned with DFO’s methodology in 2J3KL Capelin science assessment

February 16, 2023

ASP and FFAW discuss upcoming crab season

January 30, 2023

Association of Seafood Producers Names New Executive Director

2022

November 16, 2022

Seafood Producers support call for federal inquiry into fishing vessel safety

November 1, 2022

Processors’ Executive Director Derek Butler moving on from association after 19 years at helm

October 14, 2022

Seafood Producers say FICBA review good start, more work to be done

July 21, 2022

Seafood Producers welcome review of Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining

July 5, 2022

Seafood Producers add their voice to expressions of concern re Northern Gulf Cod

June 29, 2022

Fish Price Setting Panel takes another hit, this time from Producers

June 28, 2022

Seafood Producers respond to FFAW outrage over latest shrimp panel decision

May 30, 2022

Snow crab producers compelled to respond to 2022 market challenges

May 18, 2022

ASP supports plant workers opposition to new fish processing capacity

May 12, 2022

Increased processing capacity takes work from existing workers and plants, wrong way to support industry, says Association

April 29, 2022

Seafood Producers says call for a moratorium on capelin is misguided and premature

March 30, 2022

Association of Seafood Producers says Atlantic mackerel moratorium leaves industry to pay the price, calls for renewed investments in science

February 14, 2022

McCurdy appointment insult to Processors, says ASP

January 18, 2022

Seafood producers are committed to safety amid another year of COVID-19

2021

December 10, 2021

ASP echos safety concerns re. vessel length rules in inshore fishery

December 2, 2021

ASP Executive Director Derek Butler receives NL Economic Developer of the Year Award

October 27, 2021

Association of Seafood Producers welcomes new federal fisheries minister

July 29, 2021

Association of Seafood Producers responds on sea cucumber, supports water deduction

July 19, 2021

Association of Seafood Producers say grading program for sea cucumber is appropriate and right

May 6, 2021

Association of Seafood Producers responds to the Premier’s Economic Recovery Team Report, says it provides a path forward for the province

March 23, 2021

ASP opposes 3Ps cod moratorium, joins others in resigning from Canada-France Advisory Committee

February 25, 2021

Seafood producers come together in single industry association in Newfoundland and Labrador

February 10, 2021

Seafood Producers support capelin fishery based on the evidence

2020

December 2, 2020

Seafood processors ready to turn page on difficult 2020

July 30, 2020

Shrimp Producers are committed to their workers and harvesters who rely on the shrimp fishery for their livelihoods

July 21, 2020

Shrimp Producers face difficult choices

April 27, 2020

Seafood producers ready to negotiate price once fishery is confirmed

April 26, 2020

Safety protocols for processing plants reviewed and accepted by both OHS and Chief medical Officer in Province

April 3, 2020

Seafood producers in the province are focused on the safety, health and well-being of workers and communities

April 2, 2020

Seafood producers in the province say they’re ready for the snow crab fishery

March 26, 2020

Seafood industry committed to safe workplaces and a 2020 fishery

January 2, 2020

ASP concurs with FFAW on oil exploration and crab, but rejects cartel accusations vis-a-vis 2019 season

2019

October 30, 2019

Producers respond on shellfish asthma

October 29, 2019

Producers laud manufacturing and processing sector council establishment

September 17, 2019

Squid landed value up 50% over last year already, landings 40% or more ahead of 2018

September 13, 2019

Producers say squid fishery opportunity held back

June 7, 2019

ASP rebuffs FFAW calls for alleged transparency in collective bargaining

2018

April 20, 2018

More data needed on recreational fishery’s impact

April 18, 2018

ASP Northern Cod (2J3KL) Position Paper

March 23, 2018

Northern Cod declines of concern to Producers’ association

2017

October 12, 2017

The Future of Northern Cod Gets a Boost from the Federal Government

April 24, 2017

New Milestones Achieved in ASP-GEAC Northern Cod Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP)

April 7, 2017

Seafood Producers laud new Canada Free Trade Deal

April 4, 2017

Price Panel adds to bad news, crab markets at risk

March 31, 2017

Shrimp cuts devastating, widespread impacts predicted

2016

September 9, 2016

Board of Trade slams decision to scrap fall budget

2015

October 5, 2015

TPP trade deal great for NL seafood exports

May 26, 2015

Trade association says minimum processing headlines misleading, place CETA tariff reductions at risk

April 16, 2015

Northern Cod Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP) launched on eve of Brussels Seafood Show

January 19, 2015

Seafood processors say jeopardizing CETA wrong tactic

2014

December 10, 2014

Seafood processors express support for CETA deal

March 20, 2014

New Canada-South Korea free trade deal another positive development for province’s seafood products

2013

October 18, 2013

New CETA deal opens new market opportunities for province’s seafood products

March 7, 2013

Newfoundland and Labrador Crab Producers prepare for MSC Snow Crab certification

2012

June 1, 2012

Setting the Record Straight

May 1, 2012

Canada must change the way it approaches fisheries management

March 23, 2012

Seafood Producers express concern for crab season ahead

March 9, 2012

ASP announces Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab fishery to undergo MSC assessment

February 29, 2012

Fisheries Broadcast interview with Derek Butler on fleet separation and owner/operator policy

2011

October 24, 2011

Fisheries Broadcast interview with Derek Butler on Premier Dunderdale’s announcement of solving the problems of the fishery

October 3, 2011

Fisheries Broadcast interview with Derek Butler on SABRI issue

August 29, 2011

Newfoundland and Labrador hits record snow crab sales to Asia

August 29, 2011

ASP responds to FFAW release on SABRI decision

May 27, 2011

4R shrimp harvesters shut fishery, reject highest prices in years

March 1, 2011

ASP reacts to MOU report release: Deny ‘ask’ of hundreds of millions of dollars

March 1, 2011

Fisheries Broadcast interview with Derek Butler – on the processors reaction to MOU final report

February 25, 2011

ASP reserving comment on latest report on fishery

January 24, 2011

Fisheries Broadcast interview with Derek Butler – on the delay of MOU final report

2010

September 25, 2010

Time to Fish or Cut Bait Article from Atlantic Business Magazine

August 17, 2010

A fisheries MOU for Newfoundland and Labrador

June 1, 2010

Shrimp plant closure is evidence of crisis in industry

May 11, 2010

Association reacts to Price Panel decision on shrimp

May 1, 2010

Derek Butler comment on VOCM re: Panel decision on $1.35 crab price.

April 30, 2010

Crab producers react to Price Panel decision on crab at $1.35

March 10, 2010

Fisheries Broadcast interview with Derek Butler – on the MOU process and the minister’s press release of March 6, 2010.

March 8, 2010

Hard truths about fisheries arbitration – Derek Butler Letter to the Editor, The Telegram

February 24, 2010

FFAW/CAW being deliberately misleading, says Producers

2009

October 15, 2009

The complex issue of Shrimp

July 14, 2009

Agreement reached on Long-Term Development of Fishing Industry

June 2, 2009

Shrimp Producers in Canada remain shut in the face of economic circumstances

April 29, 2009

Fisheries Broadcast interview with Derek Butler – on situation in the crab fishery

2008

November 3, 2008

Clouds on the horizon? Fish forecast ‘ominous’, seafood producers’ executive says

October 31, 2008

Treat Industry like a business. Derek Butler – speaking at St. John’s Rotary

October 27, 2008

Derek Butler op-ed on overcapacity from The Telegram

October 20, 2008

Fisheries Broadcast interview with Derek Butler – on how the current global economic situation is affecting the NL fishery

October 3, 2008

Derek Butler – Telegram Forum editorial “Why the fishery continues to fail us”

October 1, 2008

CBC News archive comments from Taylor, Reid and Rideout on overcapacity

September 23, 2008

Newfoundland processors alarmed over rumors of new shrimp processing licenses

September 22, 2008

Association of Seafood Producers renews calls for processing licence freeze in face of speculation on still more processing licences

August 23, 2008

Shrimp harvest gets international nod as sustainable trawl fishery

August 18, 2008

First Canadian Fishery Earns Marine Stewardship Council Certification

2007

November 15, 2007

And what about the fishery? – Globe and Mail

November 15, 2007

And what about the fishery?

November 15, 2007

Plant numbers need to be reduced

April 12, 2007

Fisheries Broadcast interview with Derek Butler on the industry renewal announcements

February 3, 2007

Association of Seafood Producers lauds appointment of Ambassador Sullivan

January 26, 2007

Related Telegram article

January 25, 2007

ASP Presentation: A Fishery for the 21st Century

2006

December 21, 2006

Association of Seafood Producers invite more seafood consumption this Christmas

December 19, 2006

Seafood Producers warn against lifting provincial buying restriction

December 17, 2006

Status quo is not an option

October 31, 2006

Too many plants, boats and people

October 25, 2006

1st Canadian Prawn Fishery enters full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council certification

September 28, 2006

Seafood industry applauds Canada’s leadership in building new NAFO

September 15, 2006

Mackerel crisis illustrative of crisis faced

April 25, 2006

ASP reacts to FFAW cry of “disorganized marketing”

January 25, 2006

Fisheries Broadcast interview with Derek Butler on ASP meeting with Minister Rideout

2005

August 14, 2005

Letter to editor by Derek Butler, RE: “CAFI funds passed up” article

August 7, 2005

The Independent article on “CAFI funds passed up”

January 20, 2005

ASP Presentation: Outlok 2005

2004

December 14, 2004

ASP Statement: Processing Capacity Must be Reduced

April 7, 2004

ASP Statement: 2004 Shrimp Fishery

January 20, 2004

Launch of Association of Seafood Producers