The Native Fishing Association (NFA)
Promotes and Supports Indigenous People
in BC's Commercial Fishing Industry.
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The Native Fishing Association (NFA)
Supporting Indigenous
BC Fishers
The Native Fishing Association (NFA) promotes and supports Indigenous commercial fishers in BC. Whether you have an established commercial fishing business or have just become interested in the industry, we are here to help.
We provide loans and grants, shared licenses and quotas, and a variety of support services to help you grow or start your fishing business.
Please browse our website to learn more about our programs and services, and get in touch if you have any questions.
Did you know NFA offers a microloan program specifically to help indigenous women in the fishing industry? Reach out to reception@shoal.ca for more information. ... See MoreSee Less
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We love to see communities working together, sharing their knowledge and support! K5T is a community-built, community-driven system promoting employment, education, and skills training for people within Northwest BC. ... See MoreSee Less
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#throwbackthursdayinfishingTo the period of reserve land allocation in BC (1876 to 1920s), in the same theme as last week's throwback thursday post...It was all about the fish. Waters (fisheries) were promised to ensure survival of Indigenous communities... then it was arbitrarily taken away by the federal Fisheries. So Indigenous peoples in BC were left with neither sufficient land nor water (fisheries) to survive on... Reserve acreage varied across the country. Treaties 1 and 2 allotted 160 acres per family of five, whereas Treaties 3 to 11 granted 640 acres per family of five. In British Columbia, reserves were considerably smaller, with an average of 20 acres granted per family. ... See MoreSee Less
Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia: Indian Reserve Maps // Vault
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This digital collection includes 362 scans of cartographic records held by the Surveyor General of BC that relate to Indian reserve land in British Columbia. The plans and maps include originals, copi...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Today on #womeninfishingwednesday we are honoring a mother and daughter from Witset, BC. Raven Joseph was kind enough to share with us her mothers, Betty, story.“My mom was one of the first women to fish in these waters. As a single mom of ten kids (seven girls and three boys) she had to provide everything we needed all on her own. So she fished every summer from 5am to almost 9pm some days. She also provided for the whole community and the fisheries that provided fish for other communities. She is now 75 years old. She holds the record for biggest spring caught out of the canyon with a dipnet. She now lets me use her dipnet. I go every summer to dipnet fish.” ... See MoreSee Less
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#throwbackthursdayinfishing“The Indian reserve geography of British Columbia, premised on access to fisheries, may also be understood as evidence of those rights; the refusal to recognize the connections, indicative of their denial. That geography should also be seen as one of the grounds that support a renewed Native presence in the fisheries.” (2008. Dr. Douglas Harris, Professor and Chair in Legal History, UBC) ... See MoreSee Less
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#womeninfishingwednesdayCelebrating Selena McLaughlin and all the Indigenous fisherwomen in her family! 👏🏼 Shout out to all the Indigenous fisherwomen - sisters! - south of our US/Can border! 🙌🏼 ❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
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We have so many from our nation that now participate, I am so proud of them all ..we mainly fish a river system so many of them do so well..
Today, we would like to acknowledge the Joe Family, working together for their community! #FamiliesInFishingFriday #FIFF "We have been fishing together for many years, we fish for 6 families. My sisters Jeanette Green, Bernita Saul and myself are the cutters, we cut and hang the fish. Bernita is one that checks the fish hanging to make sure all is ok and lets us know when to remove them from the racks. We travel an hour away from home to do our fishing at a place called Bridge River, and we stay for about a week, depending on how the fish run is. We all know our jobs to do around the fish camp, as we have been doing this for many years, more than 30 years. My nephew Rick Joe, and his wife Peggy Janicki and their son Anthony are the one that do the fishing, cleaning the fish at the river, then packing the fish back to camp for us to prepare to hang for wind drying, in my language it’s called tswan (wind dried) Packing the fish back to camp is a very difficult, heavy job for the fishermen and fisher woman. We are always so thankful to them for the job they do.”Thank you for sharing, Gladys Joe! ... See MoreSee Less
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Before the west coast was settled by non-indigenous people… less than 200 years ago…How much would be harvested for every Indigenous adult to consume 3lbs of fresh EVERY DAY and, assuming 50% of the population were children and only consumed 1 lb on average EVERY DAY? In 1947, anthropologist Gordon Hewes estimated per capita consumption was about 700 pounds of fresh fish per year (that’s about 2 lbs per person per day) for EACH member of the Tribes who lived within the Fraser River system alone. ... See MoreSee Less
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