Indigenous Fishery
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Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progressFederal conservation officers seized more than 7,000 lobster traps in the two years since violence flared in Nova Scotia when a First Nation started a moderate livelihood fishery.CanadaDec 19, 2022
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Sipekne’katik chief ‘optimistic’ about newly appointed fisheries minister, Joyce MurrayThe chief of Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia says he's looking forward to a clean slate with the newly appointed fisheries minister.CanadaOct 27, 2021
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2 more N.S. Mi’kmaq communities strike deals with Ottawa to set lobster trapsOttawa said it struck interim understandings with Bear River and Annapolis Valley First Nations that would allow fishers to set 70 traps per vessel and to legally sell their catch.CanadaOct 13, 2021
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Assembly of First Nations national chief visits N.S. to show solidarity with Sipekne’katik fisheryNational Chief RoseAnne Archibald was in St. Mary's Bay, hauling lobster traps alongside Sipekne’katik First Nation Chief Mike Sack.CanadaSep 9, 2021
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First Nation in N.S. vows to keep fishing despite arrest for ‘unauthorized fishery’Chief Mike Sack says members of the Sipekne'katik First Nation will fish until the end of the year as planned.CanadaAug 20, 2021
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Cape Breton Mi’kmaq community angered at alleged government seizure of lobster trapsPotlotek First Nation says federal fisheries officers seized 37 lobster traps that were set today by an Indigenous harvester.CanadaApr 30, 2021
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Mi’kmaq solidarity rally held at Clearwater Seafood Market in BedfordSolidarity Kjipuktuk/Halifax says its rally will call attention to how Clearwater's operations threaten the Mi'kmaq livelihood fishing.CanadaNov 4, 2020
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Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chief casts doubt on Ottawa’s bid to quell violence over lobsterThe chief says he expressed his concerns to federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett on Saturday.CanadaOct 25, 2020
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Mi’kmaq parliamentarians call for co-managed Indigenous fishery in Nova ScotiaThe effort comes amid the launches of multiple Mi'kmaq lobster fisheries, each tied to the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada decision.CanadaOct 1, 2020
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Mi’kmaw power, inside and beyond Ottawa, stronger than in past fishery battles'I wonder if they ever thought, 20 years ago, that they'd have two Mi'kmaw senators and a Mi'kmaw MP who could help influence and work with government to find a solution.'PoliticsSep 27, 2020
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