Commercial fishermen and local MPs liken the situation in St. Marys Bay, N.S., to 2020, when violence erupted over unauthorized Indigenous harvesting.
Fishery officers unload lobster traps seized in St Marys Bay at the Meteghan, N.S., wharf last Thursday. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it has removed 321 unauthorized raps from southwestern Nova Scotia this summer.
A small-scale food, social and ceremonial fishery in St. Marys Bay is permitted, but the most prominent First Nation fishing in the area, the Sipekne'katik, has rejected its 2023 FSC limit of 45,000 pounds allowed by DFO. The Sipekne'katik suit asserts DFO has no grounds to interfere with their rights-based fishing because there is no proof it puts lobster at risk.
The lobster fishery in Nova Scotia has been a flash point in recent years, creating friction between Indigenous groups and commercial harvesters.
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