Fire burns down lobster pound in southwest Nova Scotia
Posted Oct 17, 2020 02:14:00 PM.
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Sipekne'katik Chief Mike Sack says a fire destroyed a lobster pound in Middle West Pubnico overnight.
The fire follows two raids by commercial fishermen on lobster pounds in southwest Nova Scotia earlier this week protesting the “moderate livelihood” fishery launched by Sipekne'katik First Nation last month.
“My understanding is it was one of the lobster pounds that our people are dealing with,” Sack says. “Not one that we owned but one of the guys that we were working with.”
This has gone TOO far. Fire crackling woke us up. Middle West Pubnico tonight
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