Lobster Fishery

• 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
• Assembly of First Nations national chief visits N.S. to show solidarity with Sipekne’katik fishery

  National Chief RoseAnne Archibald was in St. Mary's Bay, hauling lobster traps alongside Sipekne’katik First Nation Chief Mike Sack.

  Canada

  Sep 9, 2021
• 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.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2021
• First Nation chief detained by fisheries officers in N.S. after launching fishery

  Chief Mike Sack says he was pulled over by fisheries officers shortly after he held a news conference at the Saulnierville Wharf.

  Politics

  Aug 16, 2021
• Federal minister’s office concerned with Nova Scotia band’s lobster fishery intent

  Sipekne'katik First Nation plans to proceed with a self-regulated treaty fishery on Monday.

  Politics

  Aug 14, 2021
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• Treaty rights an election issue: Indigenous chief

  Chief Mike Sack of the Sipekne'katik First Nation says the impacts of colonization and the residential school system have had a stranglehold on Indigenous communities for decades.

  Canada

  Aug 7, 2021
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• An ocean menace: study finds ghost gear capturing species at risk and lobster

  Lobster traps made up the majority of the gear pulled to the surface.

  Canada

  Jul 30, 2021