Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Michael Tutton
Publication Date: March 31, 2025 - 16:29
Tensions rise on Nova Scotia river as some Indigenous eel fishers reject Ottawa rules
March 31, 2025
Two commercial fishers harvesting baby eels under new federal rules say they felt they had to stop fishing on Sunday night when a large group of Indigenous harvesters arrived at the river with nets.Suzy Edwards, an employee of Atlantic Elver Fishery, said one of the fishers told her he was from Sipekne'katik First Nation and they were making a “statement” that they don’t accept Ottawa’s recently imposed system that distributed the quota for the lucrative catch.
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