Canada provides predictability to Arctic surf clam fishery

Published 2022년 3월 21일

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Canada has stopped the process to issue a fourth licence for the Arctic surf clam fishery, aiming to increase Indigenous access to the industry. This decision comes after the sale of Clearwater Seafoods to a Mi’kmaq First Nations and Premium Brands coalition, leading to the transfer of the three existing licences to a company owned by the Mi’kmaq. The government's move is designed to provide long-term certainty to the communities involved and continue the economic benefits of the fishery to Indigenous groups. The government is focusing on sustainable and collaborative fisheries arrangements to benefit both Indigenous and non-Indigenous fish harvesters, promoting reconciliation and increasing Indigenous participation in the ocean economy.

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Canada provides predictability to Arctic surf clam fishery. Canada has ended the process to issue fourth Arctic surf clam licence as a goal of achieving increasing Indigenous access. In August 2018, Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced plans to launch a new Expression of Interest process to identify a fourth licence holder for the Arctic surf clam fishery, with the goal of increasing Indigenous access. The sale of Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership to a coalition of seven Mi’kmaq First Nations and Premium Brands Inc. resulted in the re-issuance of the three existing Arctic surf clam licences in 2021 to First Nations Coalition Quota Limited Partnership, a company wholly-owned by the Mi’kmaq coalition. In light of the Clearwater sale, which expanded Indigenous access to the fishery, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, has announced her decision to end the planned Expression of Interest and to halt the process to create a ...

Source: Fish Focus