The ongoing tensions surrounding the First Nations lobster harvest in southwest Nova Scotia erupted Tuesday night when several hundred commercial fishermen and their supporters raided two facilities where Mi'kmaw fishermen were storing their catches. :Dispute between commercial fishermen and Mi'kmaw fishers heats up in N.S. Marr said he believes he was followed to the Yarmouth County lobster pound, where he took his catch, and the facility was soon surrounded by hundreds of people. (CBC)Video shared Wednesday morning shows piles of banded lobster scattered on the ground outside the lobster pound. Commercial fishermen have been demanding that the federal government stop the Mi'kmaw from harvesting and selling lobster outside the commercial season.

Source: CBC News October 14, 2020 14:18 UTC