OTTAWA — The federal government says it is proposing to reissue fishing licences to a coalition of Mi’kmaq First Nations in Atlantic Canada, despite objections from Inuit in Nunavut who successfully sued to have the original licences quashed.

In 2021, Inuit asked the Federal Court to set aside a decision by the minister of fisheries to transfer the licences for Greenland halibut and shrimp from seafood company Clearwater Foods to the coalition, after the Mi’kmaq group partnered to buy the company in January of that year.

The licences are for zones off the coast of Baffin Island. They were originally held by Clearwater Foods but were reissued as part of the sale of the company to a coalition of seven Mi’kmaq First Nations.

The suit was launched by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., and the Qikiqtan

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