Some P.E.I. lobster fishers want ‘moderate livelihood’ defined, after DFO seizes more traps [Video]

Lennox Island First Nation says 58 of its lobster traps were removed from the ocean by DFO officials on Sunday. They were part of a self-run moderate livelihood fishery, also called a treaty-protected fishery. CBC’s Connor Lamont walks us through what people are saying about what’s going on.

Lennox Island First Nation says more lobster traps belonging to its moderate-livelihood fishery were removed from the waters along P.E.I.’s North Shore over the weekend.

Chief Darlene Bernard said one fisherman had 58 traps seized by federal Fisheries and Oceans Canada enforcement officers on Sunday. The move comes after DFO removed what it said were 100 unauthorized traps from Malpeque Bay back in late May.

Bernard is once again calling the removal illegal, though some non-Indigenous fishers in the area told CBC News they were pleased that DFO is taking action.

Timothy Wall, a third-generation fisherman in the area, said there’s too much pressure on Malpeque Bay’s lobster stocks.

The First Nation on the Island’s North Shore …