Ottawa issues reminder and warning about First Nations fishing rights
The federal Fisheries Department is issuing a reminder that First Nations peoples have the right to fish for certain limited purposes outside federally regulated fishing seasons.
The Indigenous-run fisheries have led to tensions on the water over the past two years, as non-Indigenous commercial fishers have complained that the fisheries are operating without the proper licensing.Federal officials have seized lobster traps belonging to Indigenous fishers, and a lobster pound at the centre of a dispute over Indigenous fishing rights has been ransacked.
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