Chiefs deny they encouraged Indigenous people to poach baby eels
Four Indigenous chiefs are denying the allegations of a New Brunswick businesswoman that they encouraged members of their communities to poach baby eels during a tumultuous period on Charlotte County rivers in the spring of 2022. In a statement of defence filed late last month at the Court of King’s Bench in Saint John, the Wolastoqey chiefs rejected the claims made by Mary Ann Holland, the owner of Brunswick Aquaculture and Alder Seafood, in one of three lawsuits she’s filed against them. “The Defendants deny that they collectively or any one of them individually authorized, directed or condoned fishing and/or related activities on any of the Rivers,” states the document, filed by OKT lawyer Nick Kennedy of Toronto. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 10:12
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