Commercial fishers seek $10 million in damages against ‘illegal’ N.S. lobster buyers

A commercialized lobster sportfishing radical successful Nova Scotia has gone to tribunal seeking $10 cardinal successful damages against those it alleges are buying lobster caught illegally successful St. Mary’s Bay.

The Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance filed announcement successful the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia connected Tuesday against Independent Fisheries Limited of Little Harbour, N.S., and its president Xiaoming Mao.

The confederation is besides suing the owners and operators of Fisher Direct Ltd. and Seawell Holdings Ltd., some based successful Shag Harbour, N.S.

The allegations person not been proven successful court, and the defendants either declined to remark oregon were not instantly disposable to respond today.

Commercial fishers allege the defendants are engaged successful a “conspiracy” to interruption the Fisheries Act and person damaged the lobster banal successful St. Mary’s Bay, successful southwestern Nova Scotia.

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They accidental they’ve gathered grounds of amerciable income of lobster from the wharf successful Saulnierville, N.S., and that their livelihoods person been harmed by the defendants’ actions.

The confederation says it is going to tribunal due to the fact that of the deficiency of enactment by the national Fisheries Department and the provincial Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Nov. 6, 2024.