Federal fisheries officers entering Listuguj without permission a ‘violation’ says chief
‘It’s not their jurisdiction this is our territories, this is our lands, our community.’
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The irony in Canada’s new deals to reconcile fishing rights 20 years after the lobster wars
Mi’kmaw leaders are raising concerns about the impact of Canada’s new fishing deal on treaty…
‘What are they going to do next’: Membertou fishers worried after lobster traps targeted, boat set ablaze
Membertou fishers catching lobsters off-season on a Feast-Social-Ceremonial (FSC) licence, say they’ve lost $10,000 worth…
Fisheries and Oceans meet with Mi’kmaq community in a show of reconciliation
In a first of its kind in the Maritime region of eastern Canada, employees with…
Federal court rules farmed salmon must be tested for deadly virus in B.C.
The Federal Court has struck down a Fisheries and Oceans Canada policy regarding a lethal…
Indigenous communities in New Brunswick to benefit from increased snow crab
Anna Cormier APTN National News Mi’kmaq and Maliseet communities in New Brunswick are hoping a…
Mi’kmaq band asks for emergency order to protect at-risk salmon from natural gas project
The DFO was asked by the Sipekne’katik First Nation to issue the order, but there’s no word on when a decision will be made
DFO backs down from pushing fishery into waters set off-limits by BC FN
APTN National News A coastal British Columbia First Nation is claiming a partial victory after…