Mi’kmaq Commercial Fisheries Coordinator Responds to Federal Lobster Bailout
On June 10th the federal government promised $65 million in relief to the troubled Atlantic lobster industry, with $15 million for short-term transitional contributions for harvesters who experienced a 25% drop in income this year. Hubert Nicholas, the Commercial Fisheries Liason Co-ordinator with the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR) in Eskasoni has this to...
UINR Partners with Parks Canada on Eel Study
The Unama’ki Institute for Natural Resources (UINR) is working with Parks Canada to study the population of American eel in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Throughout June UINR staff will catch, measure, and release elvers (young eels) as they enter the rivers and brooks between Ingonish Beach and Neil’s Harbour. The project is looking at...
Will Technology Make Our Water Resources Unlimited
UINR’s Intergovernmental Relations and Partnership Advisor Laurie Suitor was a presenter at Café Scientifique on the topic “Will Technology Make Our Water Resources Unlimited?” The panel discussion took place June 11 at the Just Us! Café, 5896 Spring Garden Road in Halifax. Laurie joined a small panel of experts who presented, discussed and conversed with...