Indigenous chief to request UN peacekeepers to prevent lobster fight boiling over

Sipekne'katik chief Mike Sack says his First Nation plans to open a lobster fishery in Nova Scotia in defiance of government rules

After a violent clash over lobster fishing on Canada's east coast last year, a First Nations chief says he will request United Nations peacekeepers to keep his people safe on the water this summer - predicting tensions will reach a boiling point.

When the Sipekne'katik First Nation sought to harvest lobster outside of the fishing season defined by federal authorities, commercial harvesters launched a series of protests that turned physical when traps were removed, harvesters assaulted and lobster pounds vandalized.