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Sipekne katik First Nation Plans Summer Lobster Fishery

Chief Mike Sack of the Sipekne’katik First Nation. The Sipekne’katik First Nation is moving ahead with another ‘moderate livelihood’ lobster fishery in St. Mary’s 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. “If 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. It’s much better for our community.”

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