Lobster dealer released from custody in southwest N.S. extortion case

February 20, 2025 Canada

A 65-year-old lobster dealer from southwest Nova Scotia accused of multiple counts of intimidation has been released from custody pending trial, following a hearing Wednesday in provincial court. Eric David Thibault had been in custody since early February when he, along with his son and another man, were accused of trying to extort $10,000 from a former fisherman at his home near Saulnierville, N.S. Judge Chris Manning released both Thibault and his son, Zacharie David Thibault, 32, on Wednesday. Details of the hearing in Annapolis Royal provincial court, including the reasons cited by the judge, are banned from publication. The Crown was seeking to keep the pair in custody before their trial and to have their bail revoked on earlier charges related to their arrests in December in another alleged intimidation case. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 07:18

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accused of intimidation, Annapolis Royal Provincial Court, arrested on extortion, Eric David Thibault, lobster dealer, N.S. Judge Chris Manning, Nova Scotia, RCMP, RCMP Sgt. Jeff LeBlanc, released Thibault and his son, threats charges, Zacharie David Thibault

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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