Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : CBC Radio certainly gave the impression that it was the First Nations leadership who cancelled the deal, not, as this piece indicates, that DFO put the First Nations in an invidious position by refusing licences to others. http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/1999/11/29/native_fish991129 -- Michael W. Posluns, The Still Waters Group, First Nations Relations & Public Policy Please feel free to ask us about our Topic Based Hansard files, Canadian parliamentary debates compiled by topics and bills. Please note new address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 416 656-8613 Fax: 416 656-2715 36 Lauder Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6H 3E3 Copyright © 1999 CBC All Rights Reserved Tension returns to lobster fishery WebPosted Mon Nov 29 21:22:32 1999 YARMOUTH, N.S. - Confusion and anger marked the first day of the lobster season in south western Nova Scotia after an agreement between native and non-native fishermen broke down. INDEPTH: Fishing Fury LINKS: Websites related to this story The Mi'kmaq blame the problems on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The chief of the Acadia First Nation, Deborah Robinson, says she reached an agreement with non-native fishermen that would allow both groups to fish in the same season and under the same rules. But she says federal officials wanted to limit non-native fishermen to only six licences, that translates into 2,200 traps. Robinson says that wasn't part of the deal. "I never made a deal for six units. I would never limit anyone who wanted to make a living and they were doing it responsibly." Robinson says there is no limit on how many native fishing boats will be allowed in the water. She says under the Supreme Court decision native fishermen don't need federal licences. "We have the commercial right to the fishery upheld in the Supreme Court, so we don't need licences. But the federal fisheries minister doesn't see it that way. Herb Dhaliwal said Monday the department has the right to regulate the Mi'kmaq fishery. DFO officials removed 25 lobster traps from Halifax Harbour Monday because they didn't have proper tags. The two native fishermen who had set them complied when asked to take them out of the water. As for non-native fishermen, they say there could be trouble on the waters again if native fishermen don't have to follow the same rules. The Assembly of First Nations http://afn.ca/ Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. <><<<<<>>>>><><<<<> Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ <><<<<<>>>>><><<<<>
