News in Review Lobster Wars: Nova Scotia's Fishery Dispute
News in Review Lobster Wars: Nova Scotia's Fishery Dispute
Indigenous and non-Indigenous lobster fishers in Nova Scotia are locked in a dispute over the right to fish. Members of the Sipekne'katik First Nation say that the Mi’kmaq people are within their rights to catch and sell lobster to earn a “moderate livelihood” as outlined by a 21-year-old Supreme Court decision. But non-Indigenous fishers say they are breaking the law by fishing out of season and selling their catch. The conflict between the two sides escalated in September 2020 when hundreds of Mi'kmaq traps were hauled from the water, two lobster pounds that had been holding their catches were ransacked — one while two Mi'kmaw fishermen were barricaded inside — and one pound was later burned to the ground.
- 2020
- 00:13:46
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/05/2021
Metadata
- Edition
- December 2020
- Subjects
- Fishery management -- Nova Scotia [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Fishing -- Nova Scotia [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Nova Scotia [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Nova Scotia -- Government relations [LCSH] Lobster fisheries -- Nova Scotia [LCSH] Micmac Indians -- Government relations [LCSH] Social sciences [LCSH] Canada -- History [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Study and teaching -- Canada [LCSH] Law -- Study and teaching [LCSH] Political science [LCSH]
- Team
- Michael Serapio (Host), Kayla Hounsell (Journalist), Andrew Chang (Journalist), Olivia Stefanovich (Journalist)
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NIR-20-12 - PPT - Lobster Wars: Nova Scotia’s Fishery Dispute
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NIR-20-12 - PDF - Lobster Wars: Nova Scotia’s Fishery Dispute
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