Commercial fishing group to call on courts to define moderate livelihood

The move follows the discontinuance of a lawsuit by Sipekne’katik against Ottawa

CBC NewsMichael Gorman

An organization that represents commercial fishermen says it's steaming ahead with a lawsuit aiming to define the terms of a moderate livelihood fishery now that a Nova Scotia-based First Nation has dropped its own lawsuit against the federal government.

"It is critically important for all participants in the fishery to understand what the moderate livelihood right is and what its scope is and just as important to understand what it isn't," Colin Sproul, president of the United Fisheries Conserv…

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CBC NewsMichael Gorman, Posted: Jun 09, 2025 4:34 PM EDT | Last Updated: 36 minutes ago
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