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P.E.I. First Nation Says Fisheries Officers Seized 300 Indigenous Lobster Traps
- Lennox Island First Nation claims that officials from the federal fisheries department confiscated 300 lobster traps on Sunday in Malpeque Bay, P.E.I., during the 2025 regulated fishing season.
- The seizure occurred despite the First Nation exercising its treaty right to manage a self-regulated moderate livelihood fishery since 2022 without incident, and providing a management plan ahead of the season.
- Chief Darlene Bernard condemned the seizures as illegal and violating the 1999 Supreme Court Marshall decision affirming Indigenous moderate livelihood fishing rights, emphasizing the fishery supports youth and embodies the Mi'kmaq principle Netukulimk.
- A Fisheries and Oceans Canada spokesperson did not confirm the seizures but stressed fishers must comply with licence conditions and regulations, and officers will continue enforcement to ensure compliance.
- Lennox Island plans to defend its treaty rights in court while calling for the return of traps and for the federal department to engage in meaningful rights-based dialogue respecting Indigenous self-determination.
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P.E.I. First Nation says fisheries officers seized 300 Indigenous lobster traps
MALPEQUE BAY — A First Nation in Prince Edward Island says it plans to take the Canadian government to court after alleging federal fisheries officers seized 300 lobster traps belonging to Indigenous fishers.
Lennox Island says it will defend treaty rights after DFO seizes lobster traps
Lennox Island First Nation is calling out what it describes as "aggressive enforcement" by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans after lobster traps were seized from its treaty-protected fishery in Malpeque, P.E.I., and Alberton, P.E.I., on Sunday.
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