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B.C. Supreme Court Awards Fishing Rights To Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

In a ruling yesterday, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that aboriginal people, from this tribe, have the right to harvest and sell fish in their territory. Justice Nicole Garson also ruled that the First Nation's territory extends for 9 nautical miles, not the 100 that the First Nation had claimed.
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