by Shane Birley | Nov 3, 2022
Catching and selling lobster during the fall season is how some Mi’kmaw fishermen of Potlotek First Nation make a living. “We’re just trying to catch some lobster to sell and feed our kids and give our family a roof over their head,” said Mi’kmaw fisherman Craig...
by Shane Birley | Oct 17, 2022
A four-day Bay of Fundy expedition earlier this month was life-changing for one Wolastoqey youth. “If I didn’t get on that ship I wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity to do everything I did on there,” said Korey Lyons, from Sistansisk...
by Shane Birley | Sep 28, 2022
On September 26 the Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation (“Listuguj”) began its fall lobster fishery. The fishery is an exercise of the community’s rights under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. This year, for the first time, the Department...
by AAEDIRP News AAEDIRP News | May 3, 2022
“The long-term prosperity of Canada’s seafood sector depends on abundant fish stocks and healthy ecosystems. In Eastern Canada, pelagic forage fish, like herring and mackerel, play a vital role in the ecosystem and the fishing industry. They are an important...
by Shane Birley | Jan 15, 2021
On January 2nd, 2021, the Government of Canada proposed amendments to the Fishery Regulations in an effort to combat low fish stocks. In 2019 the federal government responded to Canada’s decades-long fishery crisis with amendments to the Fisheries Act that require...
by Shane Birley | Jun 30, 2020
The Government of Canada is working with Indigenous peoples to right the wrongs of our past and pave the way for a new relationship based on rights, respect, cooperation, and partnership. In that spirit, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard,...
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