Lobster Protests Spread over Alleged Abuse of Native Fishing Rights in Nova Scotia
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Radio Canada International] By Marc Montgomery - September 19, 2017
Protesters said their issue isn’t with Indigenous fishermen, but rather the Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Commercial lobster fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia are angry.
They’ve been staging protests outside of federal fisheries offices in the region over what they claim is aboriginal abuse of fishing rights.
The peaceful protests began late last week in southwestern Nova Scotia area which is one of the most lucrative lobster fisheries in the country, boosted further by increasing ...
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