Fish farmers and Kwakiutl renew accord

Gazette Staff
November 3, 2009
North Island Gazette

A renewed accord between Marine Harvest Canada and the Kwakiutl First Nation will mean jobs and training for the Kwakiutl people.

Kwakiutl First Nation have reiterated support for Marine Harvest operations — four salmon farms, two freshwater hatcheries, and a processing plant—in their traditional territory, said a press release.

“In 2000, we signed an agreement with Omega Seafood, which later became Marine Harvest Canada,” noted Kwakiutl First Nations Chief Verna Chartrand. “But due to company mergers and changes in band leadership, we stopped communicating. The agreement was really only on paper, and didn’t help nurture a relationship between us, so we met to discuss our needs.”

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