11 Dec Aboriginal fisheries decision to be appealed: Ruling affirmed Vancouver Island First Nations’ right to catch and sell fish (The Globe and Mail)
The federal government will appeal a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that affirmed a Vancouver Island First Nations people’s right to catch and sell fish, says a federal justice department spokesperson. The ruling last month dismissed the Nuu-chah-nulth people’s claim to aboriginal title to their fishing territory but affirmed their aboriginal right on the west coast of the island to harvest and sell fish from their traditional territories… go to article