Fisheries report brings hope to Indigenous communities, sparks anger in industry

Fisheries report brings hope to Indigenous communities, sparks anger in industry

By Sarah Ritchie

Source: ctv news

7/19/2022

Credit: /Andrew Vaughan

A Mi'kmaw lawyer from the community at the centre of a violent backlash over its self-governed lobster fishery says she's "very hopeful" about a new Senate report that calls for the full implementation of Indigenous fishing rights.

"I was pleasantly surprised, to be honest," said Rosalie Francis, a member of the Sipekne'katik First Nation in Nova Scotia.

But elsewhere in the province, the surprise has been significantly less pleasant. There are concerns the report titled "Peace on the Water" is instead stoking anger in communities where lobster is a livelihood.

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