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Indigenous lobster boats head from the harbour in Saulnierville, N.S. on Oct. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Andrew Vaughan

October 29, 2020

Conflict over Mi'kmaw lobster fishery reveals confusion over who makes the rules

Lucia Fanning, Dalhousie University and Shelley Denny, Dalhousie University

The dispute over the Mi'kmaw lobster fishery isn’t only about money — it’s about who has the authority to govern and define these activities.

Members of the Sipekne'katik First Nation prepare to go fishing in Saulnierville, N.S., on, Sept. 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

October 20, 2020

Nova Scotia lobster dispute: Mi’kmaw fishery isn’t a threat to conservation, say scientists

Megan Bailey, Dalhousie University

The message from commercial fishers is that fishing in St. Marys Bay outside the commercial season is illegal and a conservation concern. In fact, it is neither.

February 18, 2020

Coronavirus is killing Australia’s lobster export market

Éva Plagányi, CSIRO; Nicole Murphy, CSIRO; Roy Aijun Deng, CSIRO; Sean Pascoe, CSIRO, and Trevor Hutton, CSIRO

The abrupt downturn in seafood consumption in China is wreaking havoc on the traditional fishers of the Torres Strait and other Australian fishing communities

Scientists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration approach a young North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing gear near Cape Canaveral. (NOAA Photo Library/flickr)

May 21, 2018

New fishing rules aim to protect Gulf of St. Lawrence right whales

Kimberley T A Davies, Dalhousie University

After 17 North Atlantic right whales were killed or caught in fishing gear in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2017, the Canadian government set new rules for the snow crab and lobster fisheries.

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