Further information has been released by the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs to alleviate any confusion around their fishing ban.
Earlier this year, the Band announced the closure of salmon fishing activites on their territories.
Under Gitxsan traditional law, this means that band members are only permitted to utilize their own house group’s fishing hole.
In order to use another Gitxsan site, they would need to seek permission from that house group’s Chief.
According to the Band’s statement, current provincial and federal law does not permit trespassing by those holding a fishing permit or guide license.
The ban is currently in effect at all tenured fisheries in the Skeena Watershed, between Legate Creek, and the Upper Skeena to the north.
A copy of the statement follows:
