Mobs are attacking Indigenous fisheries in Nova Scotia. Here’s what’s going on – Global News
October 19, 2020
A dispute over Mi’kmaq fishing rights in southwestern Nova Scotia escalated this past week into violence, destruction and eventually an angry mob attack on Indigenous-used fishing pounds.
Several hundred lobster traps have either been destroyed or seized by non-Indigenous commercial fishermen in the past month, and two Mi’kmaq fishing boats were alleged to have been set on fire by the same group.
A massive fire erupted overnight Friday at a fishing pound used by Mi’kmaq in Central West Pubnico, burning it to the ground.
Tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishermen have come to a head over fishing rights in Nova Scotia — a dispute that has a history spanning hundreds of years.
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