by Marc Laframboise, MMNN Contributor
Miss Coral 2008.
Located about three kilometers east of Yarmouth in southwestern Nova Scotia is the Acadia First Nation. Although the Mi’kmaq First Nation is made up of five reserves across Nova Scotia, this is the community which houses the majority of residents and has the lion’s share of economic activity. In an effort to boost its commercial fishery enterprise (CFE), Acadia First Nation recently acquired new access to harvest blue fin tuna and an additional lobster fishing vessel.
Lobster, scallops and snow crab have always been the main revenue generators for this First Nation’s CFE. The CFE has nine fishing vessels in its fleet and 30 employees. The co ...
