A three-judge panel of the Appeal Court unanimously upheld parts of an April 2018 ruling by the B.C. Supreme Court that found Canada's regulation and management of regular commercial fisheries unjustifiably infringed on the First Nations' rights to harvest and sell fish. The Appeal Court found Humphries did not err in that part of her decision. The First Nations hailed the decision as a major victory in upholding their commercial fishing rights. The Appeal Court also found Humphries was not entitled to impose new limits on the nations' commercial fishing rights, and that she erred by limiting certain rights to vessels of a particular size and fishing capacity.

Source: CBC News April 19, 2021 23:15 UTC