Sipekne’katik open lobster fishery over DFO objections
The Sipekne’katik opened their food and ceremonial fishery earlier this week. Each member of the…
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Hereditary chief in B.C. says renewal of fish farms will take a ‘huge toll’ on wild salmon
Laich-Kwil-Tach Hereditary Chief Tsahaukuse (George Quocksister Jr.) says fish farms operating outside of Discovery Islands…
Mi’kmaw harvesters hold rally outside DFO headquarters in Dartmouth
Mi’kmaw fishers and their supporters held a gathering in front of the Atlantic headquarters for…
Coastal First Nations in B.C. demand DFO respect their right to fish
On Aug. 4, the Ha’wiih issued fishers with licences. They will harvest according to allocations from their own fisheries plans.
Mi’kmaw harvester wants lobsters seized by DFO accounted for
“It’s our right. That’s what we agreed to 300 years ago,” says Matt Cope from Nova Scotia
U.N. committee demands Canada respond to allegations it failed to protect Mi’kmaw fishers from racism, violence
A United Nations committee on racial discrimination is asking the federal government to respond to…
Sipekne’katik community members stand guard as Canada threatens to remove Treaty Truckhouse
At Saulnierville wharf, a red shipping container has become a fight for treaty rights.
Mi’kmaw MP says new DFO policy could employ hundreds of harvesters this year
‘That’s an opportunity that I don’t think enough people are talking about,’ according to Jaime Battiste. He says other options remain on the table
‘We’re going to establish our own fishery’: Sipekne’katik First Nation rejects DFO moderate livelihood plan
The Sipekne’katik First Nation is rejecting an edict from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans…