‘Gear is still being cut by non-natives and DFO is still seizing traps,’ the fisheries director with the Membertou First Nation in Cape Breton says
Federal conservation officers have seized more than 7,000 lobster traps in the two years since violence flared in Nova Scotia when a First Nation tried to assert a treaty right by fishing out of season.
Tim Kerr, DFO’s director of conservation and protection in the Maritimes, said the department has stepped up patrols in the region to ensure safety and compliance with the rules. “We’re committed to the maintenance of an orderly fishery,” he said in a recent interview, adding that officers are also educating non-Indigenous fishers about treaty rights.
The Marshall decision said the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet and Passamaquoddy bands in Eastern Canada could hunt, fish and gather to earn a “moderate livelihood,” though the court followed up with a clarification two months later, saying the treaty right was subject to federal regulation. And in March 2021, Ottawa introduced an “optional path” for First Nations hoping to pursue a moderate livelihood fishery. The department started approving interim plans drafted by each band, but DFO has made it clear that fishing will be limited to the federally regulated seasons.
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Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progress | Globalnews.caFederal 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.
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