Lobster harvesters in southwest Nova Scotia say deal with Indigenous groups is being abused – ICSF icsf.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from icsf.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Fishing industry groups claim the "interim authorization" approved this year by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans contains a change that allows lobster traps designated for use under an agreement to provide a moderate livelihood for First Nations, to be fished by non-Indigenous harvesters.
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Posted: Jun 02, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: June 2
Ducie Howe, left, and a fellow Mi kmaw activist, with a sign of protest against the proposed workcamp in Goldboro, N.S., for Pieridae Energy s liquified natural gas project.(Joey Brooks/Contributed)
Some Mi kmaq say the plan to build a liquified natural gas plant in rural Nova Scotia which would require a 5,000-person workcamp poses an unacceptable risk to women s safety and should be stopped.
Ducie Howe is among them.
The Mi kmaw activist and water protector from Sipekne katik First Nation said she does not support the proposed $13-billion Goldboro LNG plant on Nova Scotia s eastern shore, and she wants Mi kmaw chiefs to withdraw from a deal to service the workcamp.
Posted: May 06, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 6
Tickle Wharf on the outskirts of Canso was repaired at a cost of $346,000 prior to its transfer to the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi kmaw Chiefs for $1 this spring.(Lost Shores Gallery)
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has given a commercial fishing wharf in Nova Scotia to a First Nations entity over objections from the local harbour authority.
Ownership of the Tickle Wharf in Canso was transferred this spring for $1 to the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi kmaw Chiefs.
As part of the handover, DFO spent $346,000 repairing the wharf in 2020.
The transfer was opposed by the Canso Harbour Authority, which manages the small but historic port on the province s Eastern Shore.