Category Archives: Fisheries
Another First Nation in Nova Scotia set to start self-regulated lobster fishery
HALIFAX — A First Nation in southern Cape Breton is set to become the second Indigenous band in Nova Scotia to launch a self-regulated commercial lobster fishery that will operate outside the regular season. The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs
Mi’kmaq parliamentarians call for co-managed Indigenous fishery in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — Three Mi'kmaq parliamentarians say Ottawa should create a co-managed Indigenous fishery off Nova Scotia as a long-term solution to conflicts between First Nations and non-Indigenous fishers in the lobster harvest. The proposal comes from Sen....
Mi’kmaq lobster fishery in Nova Scotia grows to 10 boats from seven
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. — An Indigenous-run lobster fishery off the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia is slightly increasing the size of its fleet to 10 boats from seven, creating a total capacity of 500 traps. Rhonda Knockwood, the director of operations ...
Mi’kmaq power, inside and beyond Ottawa, stronger than in past fishery battles
HALIFAX — When Jaime Battiste was in his early 20s, cable news channels were full of images of Mi'kmaq fishermen in New Brunswick battling federal fisheries officers over seized lobster traps. Now, Canada's first Mi'kmaq MP is on the ins...
‘Not a conservation concern’: N.S. Mi’kmaq won’t deplete lobster stock, says expert
HALIFAX — An Indigenous-run lobster fishery off the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia isn't the big environmental threat that it's being made out to be, according to a fisheries expert. The contentious fishery started by the Sipekne'katik Fir...
N.S. Mi’kmaq want more than words from Ottawa in ongoing lobster conflict
HALIFAX — A Mi'kmaq chief says he's not satisfied with the federal government's response in the ongoing conflict between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia. Chief Michael Sack of the Sipekne'katik First Nation said in a...
Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chiefs call on Ottawa to denounce ‘racism’ in lobster dispute
HALIFAX — Indigenous chiefs in Nova Scotia are calling on the federal government to denounce what they described as racism and violence directed towards the Mi'kmaq people following a weekend of tension in St. Marys Bay. Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq c...
Lobster protests: Nova Scotia RCMP arrest two at wharf in Weymouth
WEYMOUTH, N.S. — Two people face assault charges after being arrested Friday at a wharf in western Nova Scotia, where there were reports of ugly confrontations over a First Nation's commercial lobster fishing operation. Some non-Indigeno...
‘We felt that we won’: Vancouver shipyard fights second icebreaker battle
OTTAWA — Mark Lamarre is making his latest pitch for why Ottawa should choose Seaspan ULC to build the Canadian Coast Guard’s next flagship, the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker. The pitch involves an arrangement in which, if the Vancouver shipbuilder gets
Nova Scotia First Nation launches lobster fleet amid tension on the water
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. — Exactly 21 years after the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the right of Indigenous groups in Eastern Canada to hunt and fish for a moderate livelihood, a First Nation in Nova Scotia held a boisterous ceremony Thursday to