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Category: Fisheries
Fisheries Division
Fishing boat seized by DFO last month still not returned
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2022 The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs are frustrated over recent seizure of a fishing boat and gear by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). Over a month ago, Craig Doucette, a harvester from Potlotek First Nation, fishing under their Netukulimk livelihood fishery
Fisheries Act Case Discontinued
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2022 After careful thought and deliberation, Potlotek First Nation and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs have decided to discontinue the ongoing civil case filed to test the provisions of the Fisheries Act in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court (Trial Division). Instead, the Assembly
Assembly Responds to Senate’s “Peace on the Water” Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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
Pictou Landing First Nation Livelihood Fishery Set to Begin
April 29, 2022 Mi’kmaw Harvesters from Pictou Landing First Nation will be taking to the waters under their community’s Netukulimk Livelihood Fisheries Plan, to fish for a moderate livelihood on April 30, 2022. Like many Mi’kmaw communities, Pictou Landing has been working with their community members to develop a Netukulimk