The federal Crown has halted its prosecution of five Mi’kmaw men accused of unauthorized elver fishing three years ago on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, after one pleaded guilty to obstructing a fisheries officer.
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ST. PETER S, N.S. A Mi kmaq fisher in Cape Breton is the latest Indigenous fisher to suggest Ottawa appears intent on removing any First Nation s lobster traps that aren t approved by the federal Fisheries Department. Craig Doucette, a lobster fisher from Potlotek First Nation, said Wednesday he estimates officers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans have seized about 40 of his lobster traps in St. Peter s Bay since May 10. Doucette said he feels his actions are being monitored because enforcement officers quickly seize his traps soon after he sets them. As it stands, right now, they kind of watch me, he said in an interview.
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A Mi’kmaq man who has been battling for Indigenous fishing rights says the recent seizure of his crab traps suggests Ottawa is becoming more aggressive on the water.
Robert Syliboy said in an interview Tuesday that Fisheries Department officers in a Canadian Coast Guard vessel confiscated two of his $400 traps set in waters off Sherbrooke, N.S., last weekend.
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Indigenous fisherman Robert Syliboy stands on the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Andrew Vaughan April 15, 2021 - 1:00 AM
HALIFAX - A Mi kmaq man who has been battling for Indigenous fishing rights says the recent seizure of his crab traps suggests Ottawa is becoming more aggressive on the water.
Robert Syliboy said in an interview Tuesday that Fisheries Department officers in a Canadian Coast Guard vessel confiscated two of his $400 traps set in waters off Sherbrooke, N.S., last weekend.
The 27-year-old fisherman from Sipekne katik First Nation says his chief had authorized the setting of the 10 traps as a food, social and ceremonial fishery for the community in central Nova Scotia.