by Admin | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured Article, Fishing Rights
On February 1, 2018, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced proposed amendments to the Fisheries Act that will affect Canadians from coast to coast. With a focus on restoring protections for...
by Admin | Jan 10, 2018 | Featured Article, Training and Education
Ocean foods have nourished and sustained Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations for millennia, yet today many challenges exist for those who want to access Nuu-chah-nulth foods and exercise their Aboriginal rights to those foods. The traditional foods that our ancestors enjoyed...
by Admin | Jan 8, 2018 | Assessment and Monitoring, Featured Article
At the Council of Ha’wiih Forum on Fisheries that was held in Tseshaht First Nation Ha-houlthee last fall, the Ha’wiih agreed that only food and ceremonial fisheries would take place for a period of up to four years or until there is agreement between Nuu-chah-nulth...
by Admin | Oct 10, 2017 | Featured Article, Science Camp, Training and Education
Searching tidal pools for marine creatures, whale watching, crabbing, fishing, and a fish dissection are just a few of the activities that 135 Uu-a-thluk science campers ages eight to 12 years of age participated in this...
by Admin | Aug 3, 2017 | Featured Article, Tomorrow's Leaders, Training and Education
Coleton (Cole) Gomez-Leishman joins Uu-a-thluk this summer until the fall in his new role as a fisheries technician. Cole started with Uu-a-thluk two years ago as a fisheries intern in Uu-a-thluk’s Tommorrow’s Leaders program where he began to explore post-secondary...
