The Sipekne'katik band is sitting on 6,800 kilograms of lobster harvested by members under three commercial licences it holds in Lobster Fishing Area 35, or LFA 35. It is the only area currently open to commercial fishing. "Our company buys high-quality lobsters from many commercial lobster fishers, Indigenous and non-Indigenous," said Gidney in the release. Lobster Fishing Area 35 is the only spot open to commercial fishing. Hutchins served as a DFO conservation and protection supervisor in Digby from 2010 to 2017, responsible for St. Marys Bay.

Source: CBC News October 23, 2020 09:00 UTC