Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan has invited Nova Scotia First Nations to launch ‘authorized’ moderate livelihood fisheries this year, provided those harvests take place during the commercial season. As Elizabeth McSheffrey reports, Sipekne’katik First Nation Chief Michael Sack isn’t pleased by the conditions, and says his community will go ahead with their own fishery plans.
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