A lawsuit launched by Nunavut Inuit over a federal government decision to allocate fishing licences off the territory's coast to companies outside the territory is being heard in Iqaluit this week.
DFO continues to engage in intimidation tactics despite BC’s highest court affirming the Five Nations’ inherent right to fish as recently as April 2021
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A total of 19 sites, owned by Mowi, Cermaq, Grieg Seafoods and two smaller firms, will be phased out in the region after the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) consulted with representatives from the aquaculture sector and First Nations groups who have traditional territories in the area, including the Homalco, Klahoose, K’ómoks, Kwaikah, Tla’amin, We Wai Kai (Cape Mudge) and Wei Wai Kum (Campbell River) First Nations.
Licenses for the 19 sites were scheduled to expire on Dec. 18. Of those, nine are fallow.
Fish that are currently in Discovery Island netpens will be allowed to complete their production cycle, but must be completely empty by June 30, 2022.