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Terror, violence and organized crime: Inside the lawless East Coast fishery – National Post
May 01, 2025 How Ottawa pitted First Nations and traditional fishing communities against one another and sparked a war in Atlantic Canada In the chill dark of a March night on a Nova Scotia river, a hip-wader-wearing woman put Canda’s sovereignty to the test. Or rather, the 40 or so net-wielding members of Sipekne’katik First […]
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For Mi’kmaq fishers working within Ottawa’s baby eel rules, it’s a ‘peaceful’ season – Times Colonist
GOLD RIVER — Some Mi’kmaq harvesters say working within Ottawa’s quotas for the contentious baby eel fishery is helping calm the tense atmosphere in their river workplaces. In the shallows of the Gold River last Friday night, as the tiny, translucent eels known as elvers emerged from the mud, Jay Pennell — a member of […]
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Province of BC & Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Public Notice for Kloiya River
ATTENTION ANGLERS KLOIYA RIVER NOTICE OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY The Province of BC and Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) are conducting a study to examine the ability of steelhead to utilize the fishway at the Kloiya dam. If you encounter a steelhead with an external Floy tag (as shown below), please call/text (250)643-7290 to […]
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Manitoba Government Invites Commercial Fishers to Attend Summit
The Manitoba government has sent out invitations to Lake Winnipeg commercial fishers encouraging them to attend the province’s first-ever fishers summit, a gathering that will unite north- and south-basin fishers and address the long-term viability and success of the province’s freshwater fishery, Natural Resources and Indigenous Futures Minister Ian Bushie announced today. “It’s been many […]
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On the banks of a N.S. river, elver fishers from a Mi’kmaq First Nation defy Ottawa – CityNews
Apr 17, 2025 HUBBARDS — As night falls along the banks of the Fitzroy River, Tabitha Morrison pauses from dipping her net for baby eels, and explains why she believes Ottawa’s rules shouldn’t govern Indigenous fishers. “We’re out here trying to make a living,” said the Mi’kmaq fisher in an interview Tuesday about 50 kilometres […]
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Canada’s Ocean Supercluster Launches Insights Report on Canada’s Blue Bioeconomy Strategy
April 8, 2025 (Ottawa, ON) – Today, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC), together with the National Blue Bioeconomy Steering Committee, launched Canada’s Blue Bioeconomy Insights Report. Only a fraction of Canada’s available marine resources, such as kelp and microalgae, are currently being utilized. These resources have immense potential to drive economic growth and ocean innovation by […]
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First Nations convoy targeting N.S. elver rivers to protest DFO as lawlessness returns to fishery – PNI Atlantic News
Apr 03, 2025 A convoy of dozens of vehicles has been showing up at rivers along the Eastern and South shores, where its occupants have fished elvers en masse without licences. Commercial elver licence holders and sources within DFO have said the fishers originate from the Sipekne’katik First Nation. Neither Chief Michelle Glasgow nor councillor […]
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Transfer of baby eel quota to First Nations unfair: judge – CTV News
A judge has ruled the Fisheries Department failed to properly consult commercial baby eel fishers when it transferred part of their quota to First Nations. Read More: https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/video/2025/04/03/transfer-of-baby-eel-quota-to-first-nations-unfair-judge/
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Biotoxin Update March 25, 2025
General Information Area openings are dependent upon regular submission and analysis of samples for biotoxin analysis, as set out in a biotoxin monitoring protocol administered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Three consecutive mussel samples, along with a sample of the targeted food species containing acceptable levels of biotoxin must be received in order […]
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Nipissing First Nations dives into methylmercury at a local-level – Anishinabek News
March 26, 2025 NIPISSING FIRST NATION—Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are not the only type of chemical that Nipissing First Nation is testing fish for; Methylmercury is under the microscope, too. Environment Manager Curtis Avery says Nipissing First Nation is bridging tradition and science with data from land use and occupancy mapping with concern for […]
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