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Date Posted: 09:31:00 04/09/01 Mon
Author: Anonymous
Subject: Fishermen overstep bounds

DFO says some natives overstepping bounds of fishery

MONCTON, N.B. - Some native fishermen will soon be charged for selling
lobster they catch as part of the food fishery.

'There's still a few that think they can go out and make a few extra dollars'
The native food fishery allows native people to fish for food or for
ceremonial purposes.

Officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans alleges native
fishermen at Big Cove have been doing more than that.

Charges are pending against people suspected of overstepping the bounds of a
native subsistence fishery. The DFO says some natives are taking their right
to fish for food to a commercial level.

Jim Jones, head of the DFO in the gulf region, says people at the Big Cove
First Nation near Richibuctou are selling lobster they're supposed to be
using for food.

Jones says a series of investigations by DFO could lead to charges against
both those selling and those buying the lobster.

"In the past we've had a number of charges relative to the food fishery that
have gone through court and in many cases we've gotten convictions," says
Jones.

James Augustine, a former band councillor at Big Cove, says most native
fishermen respect the rules of the food fishery, but he says there are some
who are abusing it.

"There's still a few that think they can go out and make a few extra
dollars," he says.

Augustine says those few commercial fishermen are ruining it for others. He
says they're putting the relationship between native and non-native fishermen
in danger just for a bit of cash.



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