Some commercial lobster fishers say Indigenous treaty fishing threatens stocks. Government memo says otherwise – CBC

Nov 28, 2025

Report challenges industry allegations lobster is risked due to Mi’kmaw ‘illegal’ sales

Wearing a sharp three-piece black suit and his hair neatly coiffed, Matthew Cope looks nothing like a laid-back lobster fisherman at the helm of Mystique Lady as he climbs the stairs into the courthouse in Dartmouth, N.S.

Cope would rather be out on the water, where the weight of his legal battle dissipates for a while.

But that’s what landed him in court in the first place. He takes a deep breath and reminds himself whom he’s fighting for.

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