Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) said that they have B次元官网网址渋ncorporated the feedbackB次元官网网址� previously provided by the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations in response to their accusation of B次元官网网址渄iscriminationB次元官网网址� yesterday.

Five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations accused the federal government and DFO of discriminatory fishery practices favouring recreational fishers over their communities and not upholding the NationsB次元官网网址� court-won aboriginal right to chinook salmon.

In an email, DFO spokesperson Athina Vazeos told Black Press that since March 2019, the five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations have been fishing under a multi-species fishery management plan in their traditional territories for their rights-based sale fishery.

The 2020/21 management plan is the second multi-species fishery management plan developed by DFO since the 2018 Court Order interpreted the Five NationsB次元官网网址� Aboriginal rights.

B次元官网网址淭his plan outlines fishing opportunities that DFO intends to provide to the five Nations for the 2020/21 season to implement the five NationsB次元官网网址� aboriginal rights to harvest salmon, groundfish, crab, prawn, and gooseneck barnacle in a right-based multi-species sale fishery,B次元官网网址� said DFO in the statement.

The DFO also said feedback provided by the five Nations during consultations was considered and incorporated into the 2020/21 fishery management plan by DFO where possible. It also said it continues to consult with the five Nations on those aspects of the fishery management plan that they disagree with and is engaging in broader negotiations with them at the reconciliation table.

When asked about this response given by the DFO, the spokesperson for the five Nations on this matter and lead negotiator for Ahousaht First Nation, Wickanninish (Clifford Atleo), told Black Press that B次元官网网址渋tB次元官网网址檚 a sham.B次元官网网址�

Wickanninish said that the 2020/21 fisheries management plan that the DFO is based on B次元官网网址渟ome formulaB次元官网网址� that has B次元官网网址渘othing to do with negotiationB次元官网网址� with the five nations.

B次元官网网址淭hey donB次元官网网址檛 consult with us, they never incorporate our view,B次元官网网址� he said.

The 76-year-old recalled growing up on coastal territories which were once self-sufficient with food fish. But over the years he has seen the policies of the government B次元官网网址減ush his people out of the water. B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淭he DFO are racist and continue to block the Nuu-chah-nulth fishery,B次元官网网址� he said.