The Marshall Decision - Profiles

The Marshall decision provided many Aboriginal Canadians in the Maritimes and Quebec with new economic opportunities.

The following information provides a glimpse into some of the lives and communities that have been changed as the result of the Marshall decision and the steps that have been taken in the years since to integrate the affected Mi’kmaq and Maliseet First Nations into the Atlantic fishery.

Video

• Venturing Forth - Pictou Landing First Nation Fisheries (.WMV 11.8MB) (Venturing Forth, 2005)
  • Transcript
     
• Fisheries Mentoring - The Path to Success (.WMV 39.3MB) (DFO, 2004)
  • Transcript

News articles and related links

• Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs – Fishery Profiles
   
• PEI First Nations Fishers Examining Lobster Industry
  from the Charlottetown Guardian
   
• North Shore Micmac District Council – Fisheries Resource Centre Newsletter
   
• L’nu Fishery Limited