#mi'kmaq fishers

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

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THE NEW WAVE OF STANDUP (CBC) 9:30pm: Featuring Malik Elassal, Rachel Schaefer, and Mike Green.

GESPE'GEWA'GI: THE LAST LAND (APTN) 9:30pm: Chelsea Prosper is a young fisher from Pictou Landing First Nation, N.S., who grew up on the water fishing for lobster with her dad. Now in her 20s, Chelsea encourages other young women to fish and is a strong advocate for the Mi'kmaq right to harvest lobster.

[mollyollypuddingpolly]

Anne fans!!! My province needs your help.

I am from Nova Scotia, and the Mi'kmaq fishers of a community called Middle West Pubnico are in being targeted by genius acts of racism and terrorism.

Mi'kmaq people have the rights to fish out of season, and have had this right since the treaties were signed. This right has been frequently ignored however, and in 1999 a case was taken to the supreme court where it was declared that due to the treaties these rights must be upheld. They were given this right to fish under a "moderate livelihood" but not to over fish, or to get rich.

Recently, commercial fishers have begun protests against these rights, claiming that the Mi'kmaq fishers are set lobster traps out of season. And that this fishing is bad for conservation. The Mi'kmaq are not regulated by fishing seasons however, and the protestors are wrong.

These protests though, have escalated. Burning a car, ransacking the fishery then later burning down the Mi'kmaq fishery, destroying everything, along with numerous other accounts of assault as far as I'm aware.

I am turning to you, as a fandom that has been touched by the story of a young Mi'kmaw girl who's story was never resolved. Ka'kwets story is the same as so many of these fishers and their ancestors.

Anne with an E has reached so much farther than I ever thought it would, and when fighting for renewal we made news. If we united under this cause, we could have that same impact.

This link is to petitions and ways to Government officials within Canada

For those outside of Canada who cannot contact Canadian government through email, please take to twitter, to instagram and share that people all around the world stand with the Mi'kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia.

You know Anne did not stop fighting for Ka'kwets when the show ended. That fight isn't over today, and we need your help.

*also please anyone feel free to add other ways to help or any clarifications if necessary

[raziraphale]

I know we’ve all beaten to death the fact that time doesn’t mean anything anymore but I just remembered that the deadliest shooting in canadian history happened THIS YEAR just 40 minutes away from me + I totally forgot bc this year is a haze of trauma that never fucking ends !!!!!

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Pam Palmater: Mi'kmaw State of Emergency - Mi'kmaw Fishers Threatened with Violence

In this video, we talk about the historical and legal context to the current Mi'kmaw State of Emergency declared by the Assembly of Novia Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs due to the racist and violent attacks by non-native fisherman against Mi'kmaw fishers. We also talk about the legacy of Donald Marshall Jr., whose court case resulted in a Supreme Court of Canada decision upholding our treaty right to fish and sell it. 

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[survivingcapitalism]

1841 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3J 3Y8, Canada

Public

Hosted by Abolish the Police - Halifax/Kjipuktuk and Kate MacdonaldPlease join us on Sunday

October 18th from 2-4 pm for an action in solidarity with Mi’kmaq Fisher folks.

We are all Treaty people and it is our duty to uphold Mi’kmaq treaty rights.

Demands: That the DFO uphold the 1752 treaty of peace and friendship and the Marshal decision to support the Mi’kmaq right to a moderate livelihood.

Please wear a mask and follow covid-19 protocols.

@allthecanadianpolitics

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As of right now, there is a fundraiser selling these pins for 20 each to support Mi'kmaq fishers.

(ID: an image with a black and white background showing a partial image of some fishing boats, and a red and white color block. The text reads: "Support treaty 1752" and "100% of proceeds will be donated to Sipekne'katik First Nation's Fisheries". To the left there is a photo of the pin, which is a red lobster with black and yellow designs on it. The designs consist of diamonds and swirls. End ID)

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Went to the Solidarity Rally for the Mi'kmaq Fishers. Was at Dundas square, took over the intersection. Uploading the rest later.

Skoden, motherfuckers.

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Decades after the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed the inherent right of Indigenous people to hunt and fish, both for sustenance and a #ModerateLivelihood, the Canadian Government has yet to work with the First Nations Peoples signatory to the Peace and Friendship Treaties to establish a reasonable definition of what that means.

Chief Michael Sack said,

"We'll define our own moderate livelihood. We're not here to have anybody decide anything for us. We'll decide as a Mi'kmaq nation and and move forward that way."

Which is why the Sipekne'katik First Nation decided to establish its own fishery infrastructure, launched exactly 21 years after the SCC's Marshall decision. Donald Marshall Jr.'s son Randy Sack received the first of the seven moderate livelihood licenses (50 tags each) issued by the Sipekne'katik Fishery to the Indian Brook band on September 17th. To date a total of 10 licenses, each allows the licensee to use a maximum of 50 traps. That is a total of 500 traps. Contrast that with the 900,000 traps used by the Commercial Fisheries.

The reaction by Commercial Fishers has been violent, and Indigenous fishers have faced threats and intimidation, been shot at with flare guns, had their gear stolen or vandalized, trucks and boats destroyed, and since a Lobster Pound that dealt with Commercial and Indigenous fishers was targeted, vandalized and destroyed, others are refusing to do business with them. Today Chief Sack got a Court Injunction to help protect his people and their Moderate Livelihood Fishery.

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/mikmaq-secure-injunction-against-interference-with-treaty-fishery/

"Charles: I think a lot of people don’t fully understand what the Indigenous communities’ rights are. They don’t fully understand that the First Nations have rights that are different from the privileges to fish that non-Natives have." — Hakai Magazine: Mi’kmaw Fishery Dispute Is Not About Conservation, Scientists Say

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/mikmaw-fishery-dispute-is-not-about-conservation-scientists-say/

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Lucas Till (1990) 

Bill Skarsgård (1990) 

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-C & the Other M from @consultthemuses!

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Nova Scotia Lobster Dispute: Indigenous Take is No Threat to Fishery

In mid-September, the Sipekne'katik First Nation launched a moderate livelihood lobster fishery along the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia. Its fishers set out an estimated 250 traps at the time, the equivalent of one commercial boat.

Some, including the commercial fishing sector, worried this new fishery was a threat to maintaining healthy lobster stocks. Commercial fishers have articulated two conservation concerns about the Sipekne'katik fishery: its scale and whether fishing during the summer season — when lobsters molt and their shells are soft — is a problem for the survival of lobsters that are thrown back.

As a researcher with expertise in fisheries science, fisheries economics and marine policy, I see no evidence the fishery will harm lobster stocks. Conservation is not at the heart of the ongoing dispute.

Inherent and treaty rights

Mi'kmaq have inherent rights to practise their traditions and customs, including fishing. Under the Peace and Friendship Treaties signed in the 1700s, codified in the Constitution under Section 35 and reaffirmed by the Supreme Court, Mi’kmaq have a right to harvest fish for food, social and ceremonial purposes and a right to fish for a moderate livelihood.

Yet two decades later, there has been no clarity on what “moderate livelihood” means, nor how implementation of the treaty right should unfold. Great people have been working on it, but it is not a trivial question. Others have as well, including Listuguj and Potolek First Nations.

The protests over the Mi'kmaw fishery have escalated to acts of vandalism and violence. The message from commercial fishers is that fishing in St. Marys Bay outside the commercial season is illegal and a conservation concern. In fact, it is neither.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) did not immediately help the situation. Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett waited five days to make an explicit statement that it was, in fact, a legal fishery. By that time, the commercial sector’s view became further entrenched.

Conservation concerns unfounded

The commercial lobster season in Lobster Fishing Area 34, where the bay is located, runs from late November to late May. The livelihood fishery was launched outside that, leading the commercial harvesters to label it as illegal. Yet, as Shelley Denny, a Mi'kmaw doctoral student at Dalhousie University, points out, there are two sets of rules for Indigenous and non-Indigenous fish harvesters. The Indigenous fishery is not illegal, but is it a conservation concern?

Initially, five Sipekne’katik vessels were fishing 50 traps per vessel; there are now reportedly 10 vessels fishing a total of 500 traps. Compare that to the commercial sector, where each vessel — there are about 100 fishing in the bay — is allowed to fish 350 traps, for a total of about 35,000 traps.

There is no reason, no science, to suggest that the equivalent of one or two commercial vessels fishing in St. Marys Bay will be problematic. Lobster biologist Robert Steneck would bet you a beer there will be no negative impact on the lobster population.

Fisheries scientists and managers need only look to our neighbour to the south, Maine, which operates a year-round lobster fishery. In the summer, lobster molt and their shells are soft, resulting in a lower quality lobster. The Canadian market doesn’t prioritize these lobsters, even though Maine does.

These lobsters are more susceptible to what’s called “post-release mortality,” meaning that those lobsters that cannot be kept — lobsters that are too small or females bearing eggs, for example — are thrown back and may not survive. This mortality needs to be accounted for, but it doesn’t mean it’s not sustainable to fish during the summer.

Normal catches

One index fisheries scientists use to measure the status of a resource is called catch per unit effort (CPUE). In this case, lobster is the unit and the effort invested is one vessel.

While not perfect, the CPUE represents a relative abundance of lobster in a given area. When CPUE falls, it may be a sign that fewer lobsters are available in that particular area, but may or may not signal that the population as a whole may be in trouble.

Data for St. Marys Bay and Lobster Fishing Area 34 show that commercial catches have declined the past two years compared to the 2015-16 season. Commercial fishers have argued this is due to the summer “food, social and ceremonial” fishery that operates outside the commercial season.

The recent protests have targeted the “livelihood” fishery, but it seems that what the commercial sector is actually angry about is the food, social and ceremonial fishery. According to Brandon Maloney, fisheries director for Sipekne’katik, the band developed their plan for this fishery twenty years ago — this is not a new development.

So, what does the CPUE for St. Marys Bay look like over the past 16 years? I took the data released by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and calculated it. Although the CPUE in the past two years are on the lower end of the range, they are clearly within it. And they really only seem low when compared to the highs recorded in 2015-16.

CPUE for St. Marys Bay and Lobster Fishing Area 34, 2002-19. (Author provided. Data from DFO, September 2020.)

The assertion that the drop in bay catches is a conservation concern is wrong, as DFO itself has stated. So if there is no conservation concern, then the assertion that Indigenous summer food fisheries are decimating the stocks, as the commercial sector has argued, is incorrect.

It’s not surprising that commercial fishers are upset by a decrease in lobster landings in St. Marys Bay. But my assessment of the fishery is not why the public has a poor view of the group. Their behavior has been abhorrent. The sector needs to address its racism, cease its vigilantism, support dialogue and ensure that its positions are grounded in evidence. And, as Denny argues, it must make room for the livelihood fishery. The rest of Canada — and the world — is watching in shame. We must do better.

Megan Bailey is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair of Integrated Ocean and Coastal Governance at Dalhousie University.

This article appears courtesy of The Conversation and may be found in its original form here. 

  from Storage Containers https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/nova-scotia-lobster-dispute-indigenous-take-is-no-threat-to-fishery via http://www.rssmix.com/

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Settler violence against Mi'kmaq fishermen highlights double standard in Canadian policing https://is.gd/znGo4r In the past week we’ve seen shocking acts of violence and vandalism in the St. Mary’s Bay area of Nova Scotia as non-Indigenous fishers continue to oppose Mi’kmaq rights-holders exercising their treaty right to fish. Settlers trapped two Mi’kmaq fishermen in a lobster pound, broke the building’s windows, burned a van outside and poisoned the lobster catch with…

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Stand with the Mi’kmaw lobster fishers!

Please sign these petitions!

Here is a google doc with more ways to support the Mi’kmaw lobster fishers!

Please consider following @TheAgentNDN and @Kukukwes on Twitter as well!

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Kourosh Rad, owner of Garden Food Bar and Lounge in Halifax, says he removed his popular lobster-based menu items in support of the province's Mi'kmaq fishers.

The Mi'kmaq are in a dispute over fishing rights in southwestern Nova Scotia and have been targeted recently with violence and intimidation. Rad is among a few restaurant owners in the province who have responded to the conflict by boycotting lobster.

“The lobster that we are selling is at the center of the conflict that's ongoing in Nova Scotia,” Rad said in an interview Monday. “We felt like it's a very small gesture that we can make in support and solidarity of stopping the violence that’s taking place right now.”

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