A Mi'kmaw band is raising concerns about the Sipekne'katik First Nation's moderate livelihood fishery on St. Marys Bay in southwest Nova Scotia, and says its two-decade effort to repair relations with non-Indigenous communities in the area is "quickly being eroded." The chief of Bear River First Nation — a small Mi'kmaw band with reserve land close to St. Marys Bay — said no one consulted her band before Sipekne'katik launched its self-regulated lobster fishery last month. "It is hard to see how any way forward can be developed ... when so many are intent on escalating the situation on St. Marys Bay." The Sipekne'katik band is based inland, north of Halifax, about 250 kilometres east of the bay. She said Bear River's moderate livelihood fishery would be in collaboration with two other Mi'kmaw communities: Acadia First Nation and Annapolis Valley First Nation.

Source: CBC News October 28, 2020 19:09 UTC