Only a few members of Nova Scotia's fishing industry attended an open house Monday evening about the coming offshore wind industry in the province. But many of those who visited the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre spoke in favour of the fishery, while also supporting the proposed new entry into renewable energies.
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ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION, N.B. The former chief of a New Brunswick First Nation says she s concerned the crab fishing season began too early this year after a boat recently capsized off the coast of Cape Breton. Susan Levi-Peters, former chief of the Elsipogtog First Nation, said in a recent interview more consultation is needed between Ottawa and First Nations fishers about when to open fishing seasons. Levi-Peters says she and other members of the First Nation were concerned about the timing of this year s crab fishing season which usually begins sometime in mid-April but she says the federal Fisheries Department went ahead and opened it early.