Tensions rise on Nova Scotia river as Indigenous eel fishers reject Ottawa rules – CTV News
March 31, 2025
HALIFAX — Two commercial fishers harvesting baby eels under new federal rules say they felt they had to stop fishing on Sunday night when a large group of Indigenous fishers arrived on the river and set up their nets.
Suzy Edwards, an employee of Atlantic Elver Fishery, said one of the fishers told her he was from Sipekne’katik First Nation and they were making a statement that they don’t accept Ottawa’s recently imposed system that distributed the quota for the lucrative catch.
Under the system, the licence holders — including the 20 First Nations who were new entrants — are given quotas based on how many people live in their communities.
