When Minister of Fisheries Bernadette Jordan announced the federal government intends to authorize a moderate livelihood fishery within the existing commercial season, conserving lobster stocks was a key part of her message. Lobster stocks are healthy on the East Coast and have remained that way in part because my department works to monitor biomass and determine appropriate fishing limits and practices year after year, the minister said in a statement.
Both Mi kmaw fishers and people who work in the commercial fishing industry say conservation is a key concern. Some in the commercial fishing industry have pointed to declining lobster catches as evidence of potential harm to the fishery.
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Winnipeg Free Press By: Shannon Sampert
IT shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that many of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission still remain on the shelf five years after being released. This is after all a country slow to recognize its deeply embedded racism and the long-term impact of colonialism on Indigenous people.
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IT shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that many of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission still remain on the shelf five years after being released. This is after all a country slow to recognize its deeply embedded racism and the long-term impact of colonialism on Indigenous people.