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Posted: Dec 20, 2020 5:56 PM AT | Last Updated: December 20, 2020
Sipekne katik launched its moderate livelihood fishery in Saulnierville, N.S., in September.(Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
Three months after launching a self-regulated lobster fishery in southwest Nova Scotia to significant opposition from the commercial fishing industry, the Sipekne katik band has called its season to a close and is preparing to pull its boats from the water.
Sipekne katik Chief Mike Sack said the last of the traps were hauled in on Dec. 15 after a season of ups and downs. Overall, he said the launch of the fishery marked a positive step toward self-governance.
Posted: Dec 11, 2020 8:35 PM AT | Last Updated: December 12, 2020
The Marine Stewardship Council says inshore lobster fishing poses a low risk to the endangered North Atlantic right whale.(Michael Dwyer/Associated Press)
Inshore lobster fishing in Canada s Maritime provinces poses a low risk to critically endangered right whales, according to the latest assessment prepared for the Marine Stewardship Council.
The fishery conducted by 5,494 licence holders is nearing the end of a regularly scheduled evaluation to recertify that it is environmentally sustainable.
The inshore lobster fleets are on track to keep the blue MSC eco-label for another five years with only one condition: they develop an action plan to protect and conserve the whales.