Nova Scotia Lobster Fishermen Protest Out of Season Harvest by Indigenous Communities
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CBC News] by Emma Davie September 15, 2017
Lobster fishermen in southwest Nova Scotia protested at several Department of Fisheries and Oceans offices on Thursday, demanding rules be enforced around licences that allow Indigenous communities to fish out of season for food, social and ceremonial purposes.
The department says it is illegal to sell or buy anything caught under those licences, but some non-Indigenous commercial fishermen in the area say they believe the lobsters are being sold.
"They're not eating them. We know it, we can see it...
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