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Step-by-step explanation:
The 2020 Mi'kmaq lobster dispute is an ongoing lobster fishing dispute between members of the Mi'kmaq Sipekne'katik First Nation and non-Indigenous lobster fishers primarily in Digby County and Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
The conflict revolves around interpretations of R v Marshall, a 1999 Supreme Court of Canada decision that upheld the Halifax Treaties, granting Indigenous Canadians the right to fish. Non-Indigenous fishers reacted negatively to off-season fishing activities of a self-regulated Indigenous lobster fishery, citing fears of overfishing.
The Halifax Treaties were a collection of 11 written documents created between 1760 and 1761 that, among other things, granted Native Canadians the right to fish.
In 1999, the treaty was upheld by the Supreme Court in R v Marshall (No 1), reaffirming the right of Aboriginal fishermen to fish to support a "moderate subsistence".
Much of the controversy centered on the semantics of the ruling.
The Court elaborated on the extension of Aboriginal treaty rights in R v Marshall (No 2), noting that these rights are still subject to regulation if conservation is shown to be in the interest or other public interests. Both decisions were highly contested.