Mi’kmaw treaty lobster fishery launches, fisheries officers seize lobster and gear
Fisheries officers seized crates of lobster at Saulnierville wharf, harvested by Sipekne’katik First Nation fishermen….
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Indigenous harvesters fighting to exercise their treaty rights is put InFocus
APTN InFocus is talking harvesting rights this episode, everything from lobster to moose to salmon….
Mi’kmaw fisher surrounded by non-Indigenous protesters won’t participate in restorative justice process
A plan by Crown prosecutors to put a restorative justice process in place for non-Indigenous…
DFO officers greet launch of Pictou Landing treaty fishery in Nova Scotia
Mi’kmaw leaders demand department stop cracking down on lobster harvesters exercising treaty right
Flag day: Acadian symbol rescued by Mi’kmaw fishers
A Sipekne’katik lobster harvester replaced an Acadian flag after someone cut it down on a…
Chief Mike Sack arrested as Mi’kmaw start own fishery
A Nova Scotia First Nation chief was arrested Monday after opening a treaty lobster fishery….
Mi’kmaw harvesting lobster in Nova Scotia under heavy police, DFO presence
‘They aren’t here to protect us, they’re here to monitor us,’ says Shy Francis.
Mi’kmaw community says it will launch treaty fishery without federal licenses
Sipekne’katik First Nation will harvest lobster on their own terms, without federal licenses says Chief…
Mi’kmaw fishers say they were exercising treaty rights when arrested by fisheries officials
Mi’kmaw fishers were harvesting baby eels, known as elvers, when the Department of Fisheries and…