Chief Mike Sack of the Sipekneâkatik First Nation.
The Sipekneâkatik First Nation is moving ahead with another âmoderate livelihoodâ lobster fishery in St. Maryâs Bay this summer.
In a release last week, Chief Mike Sack says the season would run from June 1st to December 15th, with a break from mid-July to early September.
The break would be for the Dalhousie Marine Affairs Program to conduct a conservation study.
Chief Sack says the band will return their nine LFA 34 licenses to the federal government, which he says limits employment in the fishery to 20-25 people.
âIf we were to re-arrange those and stay within the same amount of traps and just fish at a different time of year that our smaller boats can utilize, we could have up to 200 people working a year. Itâs much better for our community.â