The chief of Sipekne'katik First Nation has been arrested by federal fisheries officers on the day the band's new treaty fishery launched in southwest Nova Scotia. Chief Mike Sack was arrested on Monday, taken to the Meteghan fisheries office and later released. The new treaty fishery is self-regulated by Sipekne'katik First Nation and has not been endorsed by DFO, the federal body that regulates most fisheries in Canada. On Friday, the band said its community members would return their FSC tags, use treaty fishery tags and plan to sell their lobster. The treaty fishery will operate under the Sipekne'katik fisheries management plan, which is based on "sound conservation measures," according to the band.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2021 18:07 UTC