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[ September 25, 2023 ] List of 54 Mi’kmaw fishers charged with fishery offences News
[ September 25, 2023 ] More than 50 Mi’kmaw fishers charged with fishery offences in Nova Scotia courts News
[ July 28, 2023 ] Sipekne’katik First Nation sues federal government for seizing lobster traps News
[ May 1, 2023 ] Six Indigenous acts nominated for 2023 ECMA awards Atlantic
[ April 25, 2023 ] Mi’kmaw elder leads Earth Day events in Kjipuktuk News
[ April 8, 2023 ] NS Mi’kmaw leaders link lack of DFO control over elver eel fishery to shooting of Eskasoni man News
[ March 11, 2023 ] Indigenous play part of Neptune Theatre’s upcoming season News
[ March 6, 2023 ] Elver eel fishery trials set for Mi’kmaw fishermen in Dartmouth Court News
[ February 3, 2023 ] Finding the way Forward exhibit unveiled at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre News
[ January 10, 2023 ] Nova Scotia judge dismisses charges against three Mi’kmaw fishermen News

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List of 54 Mi’kmaw fishers charged with fishery offences

September 25, 2023 Maureen Googoo

Ku’ku’kwes News has been tracking the court cases of 54 Mi’kmaw fish harvesters from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick who are before the Nova Scotia courts for fishery-related offences. Trials are either already underway or […]

Elver eel fishery trials set for Mi’kmaw fishermen in Dartmouth Court

March 6, 2023 Haeley DiRisio

Editor’s note: This story was updated to include details of court proceedings that took place on Mar. 6. Several trials involving the treaty right to catch and sell fish are slated to get underway in […]