Judicial Review of Decision of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to Renew Four Short-term Aquaculture Licences

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Aboriginal Rights and Defences - Judicial Review of Decision of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to Renew Four Short-term Aquaculture Licences

K'omok First Nation v. Canada (A.G.), 2012 FC 1160

In Aboriginal Rights/Defences, Fish Cases, Judicial Review/Crown Liability on May 23, 2013 (Updated May 23, 2013)

This cased involved a challenge by the K’omoks First Nation (“FN”) with respect to the granting of four aqua-culture licences issued to non-members of the FN in its claimed traditional territory in 2010 shortly after the Federal Government took over jurisdiction for regulating aqua-culture following the Morton decision. It also involved a challenge to the Minister of renewal of these …

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