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Gillett v. Canada and Hurley, 2017 FC 574

In Fish Cases, Judicial Review/Crown Liability on (Updated )

In response to increasing fishing pressure in the capelin fishery, in 2007 Fisheries and Oceans Canada (“DFO”) imposed a management measure that only allowed capelin licence holders to fish in one management area per year. As a result, licence holders in the Newfoundland region who leased their capelin fishing vessels to licence holders in another region, were not permitted to …

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