What could sustainable Canadian commercial fisheries for redfish look like in the future?
Researchers at the Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) will address that question this week as they bring together about 75 scientists, fisheries managers, members of the fishing industry, Indigenous representatives and non-governmental organizations to participate in the Northwest Atlantic Redfish Symposium.
Dalhousie University operates in the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaw, Wolastoqey, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. These sovereign nations hold inherent rights as the original peoples of these lands, and we each carry collective obligations under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and Treaty rights in Canada.
We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
