It’s been more than a month since the Sipekne’katik First Nation launched its own self-regulated lobster fishery off the Saulnierville wharf in Southwest Nova Scotia — 21 years after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the Marshall decision, affirming the 1760-61 Treaty Rights of the Mi’kmaq to fish for a “moderate livelihood.” For weeks […]
“Rally” to oppose Cermaq’s proposed industrial-scale fish farms in Mahone and St. Margaret’s Bays draws large crowd
About 300 people gathered at a “rally” and information session held Sunday in Upper Tantallon in opposition to Cermaq Canada’s proposed industrial-scale salmon farm expansion into Mahone Bay and St. Margaret’s Bay. The event was organized by the Twin Bays Coalition, a group that recently coalesced in response to the government granting the global-aquaculture giant […]
Tidal turbines not yet deployed
There’s still no word on when two massive turbines will be lowered into the Bay of Fundy at a tidal power demonstration site not far from the town of Parrsboro. A barge and two support boats have been working in the Minas Passage this week, but the turbines have not been deployed. A spokesperson for...
Tidal Challenge
Fishermen go to court to delay a November deployment of tidal generators in the Minas Basin.
Inshore fishermen from the Bay of Fundy made a last-ditch plea to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia yesterday to stall the placement of two massive, five-storey-high turbines on the bottom of the Minas Passage near Parrsboro until an appeal of the Environment Minister’s decision can be heard next February. There are very big bucks...