Article body copy August 29, 2020, dawned clear over southwest Nova Scotia. In the cabin of his lobster boat, the Mystique Lady, Matthew Cope was chatting with the other members of his crew as they chugged out from shore. The vessel was bound for the area where Cope, a member of Millbrook First Nation, had set his 150 lobster traps the day before. Cope had prepared those traps with plastic-encased copies of his status card, bearing his name, photo, and registry number. On the back of each of...
The Personal Toll of Canada’s Broken Fishing Promises
Hakai Magazine
