First Nations convoy targeting N.S. elver rivers to protest DFO as lawlessness returns to fishery
A convoy of dozens of vehicles has been showing up at rivers along the Eastern and South shores, where its occupants have fished elvers en masse without licences. Commercial elver licence holders and sources within DFO have said the fishers originate from the Sipekne’katik First Nation. The convoy appears to be targeting rivers assigned to commercial licence holders, including the Fitzroy River in Hubbards, the Medway River near Liverpool and the Meteghan River in Southwest Nova Scotia. Stanley King of Atlantic Elver said that his fishers were met by a convoy of 40 vehicles when they showed up to fish the Fitzroy River on Sunday. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 11:42
We as th first occupied in this unseeded territory of Nova Scotia signed treaties to hunt fish ect. To side with th enemy as we wer losing our land so th treaties wer to protect us n you n give aboriginal have th RIGHT to hunt fish ect. N for th non-native it’s a privilege n was ordered by th highest court in th land that allows us so y don’t th dfo n rcmp stop others n themselves from breaking the law !!!!!
AL, You and your people had zero elver fishery as if 10 years ago. You had to be shown how to fish, store and sell the elvers by those you now call the enemy . This industry was build from the ground up by the legal license holders and while your people Stand behind the perceived right to do what you want at anytime.
FN poachers are , illegally poaching elvers to be sold through the FN organized crime groups to Asian organized crime groups seems like activities that were not covered in any 300 year ago old treaty.
Your elders screamed that the elver fishery was reducing the adult eels ( food source ) yet your people refuse follow the species management plans set out by DFO. And rob the rivers of ever baby bells they can illegally poach.
Your leaders say they won’t follow DFO rules , and that 60% of the legal quota is not enough , this quota stolen from the legal license holders and gifted to the FN people in the spirit of reconciliation. Still not enough . But these same leaders in the same letter who state they refuse to acknowledge DFO authority and quotas , say they will follow DFO regulations but only if FN gets 100% of the legal quota.
I’d suggest some two eyed seeing for turbans your people . Reconciliation and increasing FN access to the fishery is one thing but being greedy and short sighted is something completely different.
Your people have flooded the market and the price of the elvers has plummeted, shake your heads. Stop hiding selfish greed behind dated treaties and lies you tell yourselves that justify your criminal actions