Environment and Planning C Politics and Space, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: May 6, 2025
Despite the acknowledgement of importance relations with ocean for nuučaan̓uł ways being, relationships between Canada’s Department Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Nations remain rife power inequities. The existence, form, right to practice fishing, including commercial is one such flashpoint where DFO thus policy general orientation First are strained. Even huuʕiiʔatḥ, five signatories Maa-nulth Treaty, coming table as equal treaty partners has been difficult due DFO’s fishing rights, hierarchy scientific knowledges, lack recognitions legal authorities through hawiłpatak hawiih. Based on our 10 years research into implementation in this paper we explore relationship Huu-ay-aht DFO. To do so, begin by overviewing process reserve creation across ḥaḥuułi how colonial understandings creations ‘fisheries’ played a key role dispossession. We then turn interviews negotiation teams reconciliation rights have emerged knowledges disregarded conclude profiling tensions, strengths, challenges huuʕiiʔatḥ experienced exercising their inclusive hawiih, Treaty specifically Oceans.
Language: Английский