Tensions were high between First Nations fishers and non-Indigenous commercial fishermen
Mi’kmaq expect to hold Clearwater’s Canadian fishing licences within a fully Mi’kmaq-owned partnership
A dispute over moderate livelihood fisheries has grown increasingly tense in recent weeks
Chief says he expressed his concerns to federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett
Two buildings storing lobsters caught by Indigenous harvesters were vandalized last week
Comments come after lobster pound was burned, police accused one person of assaulting a Mi’kmaq leader
A lobster pound was burned to the ground Saturday, destroying the lobster catch of Mi’kmaq fishers
Global demand for the B.C. specialty plummeted as the COVID-19 pandemic grew
Video being circulated on social media shows a van being set alight
Fisheries minister stands by “very difficult” decisions to limit openings
Cost of fishing for salmon/trout during a closed time comes with a fine of $250, say DFO officials
‘This is about standing together for our rights to a public fishery,’ said organizer
‘This is about standing together for our rights to a public fishery,’ says one of the organizers
Tsilhqot’in First Nations have closed fishing for their members to save critical salmon stocks
“I got a call from a lady in Texas saying her husband … has a seal pup on his boat”
Limited recreational openings for chinook on the Chehalis and Chilliwack rivers being questioned
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