Heiltsuk Nation on B.C.’s central coast is suing the Canadian government over a 2022 decision by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) that banned the nation from its commercial harvest of herring spawn-on-kelp (SOK) fishery.
The nation filed the civil action in BC Supreme Court in mid-December, alleging the prohibition ran contrary to a management plan jointly developed by DFO and the Heiltsuk.
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