The Marshall Decision
Who: Donald Marshall (a Mikmaq fisherman), Native and non-native fisherman,Supreme Court of Canada and Herb Dhaliwal (minister of Fisheries and ocean).Issue: Donald Marshall, a mikmaq fisherman took a case to the Supreme Court ofCanada arguing that a treaty from 1760 gave him aboriginal fishing rights and he won thetrail justifying three conviction he had on fishing with out a license, fishing off seasonand fishing with illegal nets. After the Court ruled in Marshalls favor, many nativefisherman started fishing off season as well. The Minister of Fisheries and Ocean, HerbDhaliwal, than banned fishing from the Miramichi Bay to conserve the sea life, which isbeing endangered by the off season fishing. The Minister of Fisheries and Oceanexplained that the lobster are being caught before they have time to reproduce themselves,but aboriginal fisherman fought that the federal fishing regulation
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