Lobster Fishery

• More than 50 Indigenous fish harvesters in the Maritimes charged or on trial: Ottawa

  Federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with charges against dozens of Indigenous fishers, some of whom are planning constitutional challenges.

  Money

  Oct 15
  
• Most of Nova Scotia’s lobster fleet well-suited to go electric: study

  A report released on Thursday by Oceans North says the province's lobster fishery is positioned to lead the way toward zero-emission fishing.

  Environment

  Sep 21
  
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• Nova Scotia intends to increase fine for buying out-of-season lobster to $1 million

  Nova Scotia’s fisheries minister says he’s making the move because of rising tension over unauthorized lobster fishing in the province's southwest.

  Canada

  Sep 7
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• Frustration mounting over unauthorized lobster fishing in southwestern Nova Scotia

  St. Marys Bay was the scene of confrontation in September 2020 when the Sipekne'katik First Nation started a pioneering self-regulated lobster fishery. 

  Canada

  Aug 29
• Fire significantly damages lobster fishery on Grand Manan, N.B.

  A lobster fishery in Grand Manan caught fire Monday and it sustained significant damage, according to the island's mayor.

  Canada

  May 1
• Tracing fishing gear to protect North Atlantic right whales is positive step: experts

  Much can be learned about the evolving habits of endangered North Atlantic right whales by tracing pieces of fishing gear from which the animals are freed, say researchers.

  Environment

  Feb 6
• Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progress

  Federal 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.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2022
• Sipekne’katik chief ‘optimistic’ about newly appointed fisheries minister, Joyce Murray

  The chief of Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia says he's looking forward to a clean slate with the newly appointed fisheries minister.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2021
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• 2 more N.S. Mi’kmaq communities strike deals with Ottawa to set lobster traps

  Ottawa 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.

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2021
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• Federal enforcement in N.S. fisheries dispute ‘political’: Mi’kmaw lawyer

  'We ask that any government officials here respect First Nations and their rights, not only today when I’m out on the boat, but every single day.'

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2021