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Fisheries Department scrambled to claw back ‘ill-timed’ lobster tweet, documents show
Waves pound the shore in Eastern Passage, N.S. on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. An "ill-timed" tweet warning it is illegal to take lobsters that have washed up on a beach was approved by no fewer than seven people even after one of them warned it may not be well received in the middle of a hurricane. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Made-in-Canada climate scorecard reveals unprecedented risks for marine life
**ONE TIME USE ONLY*** American lobster (Homarus americana) in eelgrass (Zostera marina). Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Canada’s largest lobster fishery, in southwestern N.S., launches after weather delay
Lobster boats, loaded with pots and buoys, head from West Dover, N.S. on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022 for the opening of the season in Lobster Fishing Area 33. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Retailers pull lobster from menus after ‘red list’ warning
A lobster fisherman hauls a trap, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2022, off of Kennebunkport, Maine. The conservation group, Seafood Watch, has added lobster to its "red list" as a species to avoid. They say current management measures do not do enough to prevent entanglements of fishing gear with whales. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Fisheries report brings hope to Indigenous communities, sparks anger in industry
Fishing boats from the Sipekne'katik First Nation prepare for the start of its self-regulated treaty lobster fishery in Saulnierville, N.S., on Aug. 16, 2021. A Mi'kmaw lawyer from the community that's been at the centre of violent backlash over its self-governed lobster fishery says she's "very hopeful" about a new Senate report that calls for the implementation of Indigenous fishing rights. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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The Big Lobster in Shediac, N.B., needs a makeover. This man has ‘gone almost obsessive with it’
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Nova Scotia court told restorative justice will be used in resolving charges in lobster pound riot
A fishing boat from the Sipekne'katik First Nation prepares for the start of its self-regulated lobster fishery in Saulnierville, N.S., on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Federal officials change tactics as lobster fishing fight heats up in Nova Scotia
Mi'kmaq fishing boats are seen moored at the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S. as a part of the Sipekne'katik First Nation's moderate-livelihood fishery on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
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Tensions renew over lobster fishery in Nova Scotia
A Department of Fisheries & Oceans plane flies over the indigenous lobster fleet in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/John Morris
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Nova Scotia RCMP investigating after Mi’kmaq lobster fishing boats cut loose from wharf
Members of the Sipekne'katik First Nation load lobster traps on the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S., after launching its own self-regulated fishery on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. When Jaime Battiste was in his early 20s, cable news channels were full of images of Mi'kmaq fishermen in New Brunswick battling federal fisheries officers over seized lobster traps. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Study finds dumped fishing gear capturing species at risk and lobster
An emaciated Atlantic wolfish, shown in this handout image provided by Coastal Action via Dalhousie University, with chaffing injury was released from retrieved lobster trap near Shelburne, Nova Scotia. A new study has found that lost and discarded fishing gear found off the southwest coast of Nova Scotia — the site of Canada's most lucrative lobster fishery —continues to trap species at risk. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO * MANDATORY CREDIT *
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Ottawa sets up panel of scientists, Mi’kmaq and commercial fishers to discuss lobster conservation
A load of lobster fishing gear, seized by federal fisheries officers, is returned to the Sipekne'katik First Nation in Indian Brook, N.S. on Thursday, May 27, 2021.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Mi’kmaq First Nation files lawsuit alleging intimidation, harassment in Nova Scotia lobster fishery
Indigenous lobster boats head from the harbour in Saulnierville, N.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Andrew Vaughan
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Ottawa outlines plan to have Indigenous fishers take part in Nova Scotia’s commercial season
Sipekne'katik First Nation boats are seen in Saulnierville, N.S. on Sunday, September 20, 2020. A Nova Scotia First Nation has filed a legal action against the province over a provincial regulation that limits the ability of the band to sell its lobster catch without a federal licence.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark O'Neill
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Lobster fisheries brace for a weak Chinese New Year due to coronavirus restrictions
FILE- In this Sept. 11, 2018, file photo, lobsters are packed at a shipping facility in Arundel, Maine. America's lobster industry recovered from the Trump trade war to have a good 2020, but it is approaching one of the busiest times of the year with trepidation because of coronavirus. Chinese New Year shipments will be complicated by the virus this year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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N.S. lobster season delayed in one fishing area, but goes ahead in another
Boats loaded with traps head from the harbour in West Dover, N.S., on Nov. 30, 2020.
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Indigenous leader says trouble is brewing ahead of Nova Scotia’s fall lobster season
Chief Mike Sack of the Sipekne'katik First Nation speaks with the media in front of the Saulnierville Harbour, in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia, Canada October 18, 2020. Non-native commercial fishermen have been protesting against an Indigenous lobster fishery. Picture taken October 18, 2020. REUTERS/John Morris
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Federal fisheries minister should resign over lobster dispute in Nova Scotia, Indigenous leader says
Indigenous fishermen adjust lines on their boat in Saulnierville, N.S. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Tensions remain high over an Indigenous-led lobster fishery that has been the source of conflict with non-Indigenous fishermen. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Andrew Vaughan
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Canadians split on whether to trust RCMP’s handling of East Coast fishing-rights dispute: Nanos poll
Indigenous fishermen adjust lines on their boat in Saulnierville, N.S. on Oct. 21, 2020.
opinion
In Nova Scotia, we seem to have forgotten that fishermen are all in the same boat
Susan Beaton
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‘Not a quick fix to this’: Lobster fishery mediator concedes that he’s facing his toughest challenge yet
Indigenous fishermen head from the harbour in Saulnierville, N.S. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia RCMP releases images of persons of interest walking near fish plant that was burned
Persons of interest are seen near a fish plant in Middle West Pubnico, N.S., in a handout image.
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Blair questioned on degree of confidence in RCMP Commissioner
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki listens to a question during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday October 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Brenda Lucki does not need to take the fall for the shortcomings of the RCMP
John Ibbitson
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The Trudeau government can end the lobster war by honouring Indigenous rights – and their limits
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‘Does Trudeau care about our people?’: First Nations chief calls on PM to step in after violent clashes over fishery
Dead lobster and other refuse are seen strewn around a freezer in West Pubnico, N.S., in an Oct. 14, 2020, handout photo.
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RCMP criticized for inaction after mob violently attacks Mi’kmaq lobster facilities
Dead lobster and other refuse are seen strewn around a freezer in West Pubnico, N.S., in a Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, handout photo. An angry group of hundreds of non-Indigenous people surrounded and damaged lobster pounds holding the catch of a Mi'kmaq First Nation on Tuesday night as tensions rose over the Indigenous fishery in southwestern Nova Scotia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Colby Goodwin, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Mi’kmaq lobster boat in self-regulated fishery destroyed in suspicious fire
Members of the Potlotek First Nation, head out into St. Peters Bay from the wharf in St. Peter’s, N.S. as they participate in a self-regulated commercial lobster fishery on Oct. 1, 2020, which is Treaty Day.
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Mi’kmaq lobster fishery in Nova Scotia grows to 10 boats from seven
Members of the Sipekne'katik First Nation load lobster traps on the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S., after launching its own self-regulated fishery on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. When Jaime Battiste was in his early 20s, cable news channels were full of images of Mi'kmaq fishermen in New Brunswick battling federal fisheries officers over seized lobster traps. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Two decades after the Burnt Church crisis, disputes flare up over Indigenous fishing rights in Atlantic Canada
Lobster traps belonging to fishermen of the Sipekne'katik band, which were seized in protest by non-native fishers, lie dumped outside the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) office in Meteghan, Nova Scotia, Canada September 22, 2020. The Sipekne'katik band, part of the First Nations Mi'kmaw community, began harvesting lobster outside of the commercial season due to a 1999 Supreme Court of Canada ruling. REUTERS/Ted Pritchard
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Mi’kmaq lobster fishery in Nova Scotia ‘not a conservation concern,’ says expert
Fishermen from the Sipekne'katik band, part of the First Nations Mi'kmaw community who began harvesting lobster outside of the commercial season due to a 1999 Supreme Court of Canada ruling, return to port in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia, Canada September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ted Pritchard
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Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq want more than words from Ottawa in ongoing lobster conflict
Fishermen from the Sipekne'katik First Nation work from a wharf in Saulnierville, N.S., on Sept. 21, 2020.
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Nova Scotia First Nation launches own lobster fishing fleet amid tension at wharf
A First Nation in Nova Scotia launched its own lobster fishing fleet today, in defiance of federal regulations that say the fishery is closed for the season.