US EditionLobster Fishing: "Sacrified in the Name of Aboriginal Reconciliation"
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Although lobster landings have exploded, Gaspé fishers are concerned about the arrival of new players in their fishing areas. Censured as buoys to the struggling fleets and as a gesture of reconciliation with First Nations, the granting of new fishing permits represents unfair competition for lobsterers established for decades, they deplore.
Lobster fishers in southern Gaspésie claim to have been sacrificed in the name of reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples.
The Grouping of Professional Anglers in the South of Gaspésie brought together its members who described the issuance of new lobster licences on the north side of the peninsula. Director O的Neil Cloutier submits that Diane Lebouthillier, then Federal Minister of Fisheries, distributed a large number of exploratory licences without taking into account the economic impacts on lobster harvesters operating in the area. The majority of these licences …
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