Kapp ‘Race-Based Fishing’ Case Before Canadian Supreme Court

Posted by Tad McIlwraith on December 11th, 2007 filed in Court Cases, Fish / Fishing, Head Notes

The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing arguments today in a case of illegal fishing on the Fraser River. Sometimes referred to as the Kapp Case, the Court is expected to rule on the legality of aboriginal-only commercial fishing openings. From CTVNews.ca:

At issue is whether the government has the authority to issue early fishing rights to select First Nations, in advance of an open commercial fishery.

The dispute revolves around a decision by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to give three aboriginal groups a 24-hour head start on the sockeye fishing season in August, 1998.

CKNW.com reports that the decision is four to six months away.

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One Response to “Kapp ‘Race-Based Fishing’ Case Before Canadian Supreme Court”

  1. FieldNotes: for the Anthropology of British Columbia » ‘It’s not about race. It’s about place.’ Says:
    June 27th, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    [...] The 9-0 decision upholds native-only fisheries and answers questions about native only fishing going back to 1998. [...]

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