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Tribes concerned about loss of fishing due to oil spills |
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Aboriginal fishermen on Georges Bank are worried. Very worried. For
hundreds - if not thousands - of years their ancestors have fished the
rugged, rocky coastlines and the more subdued shorelines and sandy
beaches on and surrounding the Gulf of Maine, including Georges Bank.
From the sturdy hollowed log canoe of the Wampanoag to the reliable birch bark craft of the Mi'kmaq, Beothuk and Maliseet/Passamoquoddy peoples, native populations hunted many species of fish, as well as whales and seals. After having been essentially excluded from the commercial fishery in Nova Scotia for some time, Aboriginal fisherman have seen a dramatic growth in their ranks in the past ten years and they are worried that this productive period could come to an abrupt end by the dangers posed by recent moves to approve oil and gas production on Georges Bank. |
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33 Fishing Community Members Say Permit Bank, Giacalone are pluses for Gloucester
This permit bank is a true local treasure for our fishing community and related businesses. Its existence has been one of the only positive things to come to this fishing community in decades.
