US EditionAs elver fishery season set to launch, N.S. First Nation rejects federal rules
- The fishing season for baby eels, also known as elvers, begins in the Maritimes, but Chief Bob Gloade of Millbrook First Nation opposes federal rules on fish harvesting.
- Chief Gloade states that his community will not use the federal app for logging catches, citing the 1999 Donald Marshall Jr. Court decision, which allows Mi'kmaq communities to earn a moderate livelihood from fishing.
- The federal Fisheries Department stated that the courts have upheld the Crown’s role in regulating the elver fishery, even concerning Indigenous rights, amid concerns about the health of the elver stock.
- Gloade emphasizes that Millbrook will implement its own regulatory system for elver fishing, asserting their right under treaties.
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The Globe & Mail
As elver fishery season set to launch, N.S. First Nation rejects federal rules
In a March 5 letter, Chief Bob Gloade of Millbrook First Nation, near Truro, N.S., told the federal Fisheries Department his community won’t use Ottawa’s recently developed smartphone app to log fishers’ harvests from Nova Scotia rivers
As elver fishery season set to launch, N.S. First Nation rejects federal rules - The Turtle Island News
CP-The fishing season for baby eels is set to begin at midnight in the Maritimes, but at least one First Nation says it won’t abide by federal rules that limit the lucrative catch. In a March 5 letter, Chief Bob Gloade of Millbrook First Nation told the federal Fisheries Department his community won’t use Ottawa’s recently developed smartphone app to log fishers’ harvests — and doesn’t recognize Ottawa’s jurisdiction to oversee the fishery. Cana…
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