by Marc Laframboise, MMNN Contributor
Employees Flipping Cages at Indian Island First Nation Oyster Farm.
Over the last several years, 14 Mi’kmaq and Maliseet First Nations (MMFNs) in the Atlantic Region have invested in fish, shellfish and marine plant aquaculture businesses to generate revenues and create employment within their communities. One sub-sector that is growing rapidly due to Atlantic Canada’s proximity to the vast New England markets is the shellfish aquaculture industry. This is a snapshot of three Mi’kmaw communities that have made the decision to diversify their commercial fishery enterprise (CFE) by exploiting the opportunities inherent in the growing Indigenous shellfish aquacult ...
