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Sipekne’katik Fisheries Notice
Sipekne’katik Fisheries Notice https://sipeknekatik.ca/sipeknekatik-fisheries-notice/ NT5
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First Nations lobster fishermen in N.S. not required to observe whale closure – CBC
Exemption raises concern over conservation and fairness Aug 18, 2022 A Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) fishery closure in Nova Scotia this week to protect endangered North Atlantic Right Whales will not apply to First Nations lobster fishermen in the area, CBC News has learned. The department is allowing ceremonial lobster fishing in St. […]
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NS Government: Public Consultation on Aquaculture Regulations
August 9, 2022 Nova Scotians are invited to share their feedback on the Province’s aquaculture regulations during four weeks of public consultation. “Since December, we’ve met with community stakeholders, industry representatives and public sector partners to understand their perspectives and hear their thoughts on how we could improve our aquaculture regulations. And now, we want […]
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Assembly Responds to Senate’s “Peace on the Water” Report
July 20, 2022 Last week the Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans issued their Peace on the Water report which is a welcomed perspective by the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs (Assembly). Earlier this year, Chief Carol Potter of Bear River, Janice Maloney and Eric Zscheile, both representing the Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office, […]
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Removing DFO from Indigenous fishery negotiations an ‘integral’ step forward, says chief – CBC
Senate committee recommends appointing Crown-Indigenous Relations to handle negotiations Jul 14, 2022 A new Senate committee report that recommends removing the federal Fisheries Department from all negotiations involving the Indigenous fishery could be “a pathway forward for the recognition and implementation” of treaty rights, says a Mi’kmaw chief in Nova Scotia. Chief Mike Sack of the Sipekne’katik […]
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Report On Indigenous Fisheries Calls For Less DFO Input – Huddle.Today
The report, called Peace on the Water, lists ten recommendations, including that government draft new legislation to allow the full implementation of rights-based fisheries. The committee says DFO has not been an effective negotiator and the new way forward should be shared decision making with Crown-Indigenous relations and Northern Affairs Canada. They say the “buyback” […]
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Senate Committee presents skewed findings in unbalanced report
July 13, 2022 HALIFAX, NS – The Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance (UFCA) is voicing its grave dissatisfaction and frustration over a study released by the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans earlier this week on Indigenous rights-based fisheries, specifically those affirmed in the 1999 Marshall decisions. The report dismisses over twenty-two years of work […]
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Senate report on fisheries finds federal government failing First Nations rights-holders – APTN News
Jul 12, 2022 A new report by the Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans has found the federal fisheries department is not living up to its commitments to fully implement First Nations rights-based fisheries. Peace on the Water: Advancing the Full Implementation of Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqiyik and Peskotomuhkati Rights-Based Fisheries looks at the federal government’s response […]
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Ottawa issues reminder and warning about First Nations fishing rights – Global News
July 11, 2022 The federal Fisheries Department issued a reminder on Monday that First Nations have the right to fish for certain limited purposes outside federally regulated fishing seasons, adding that hefty fines await those who prevent them from exercising that right. Officials with the Fisheries Department made the comments during a technical briefing with […]
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The federal government is failing First Nation fishers, Senate committee finds
Halifax, July 12, 2022 – More than 23 years after a Supreme Court of Canada ruling affirmed the treaty fishing rights of certain First Nations, the federal government has failed to fully implement Indigenous rights-based fisheries, according to a new report by the Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. Peace on the Water: Advancing the […]
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