Maritime Aboriginal Aquatic Resources Secretariat

OUR STORY

Considering the needs and the optimistic belief that policies, practices, regulations and government decisions will accept our reality over time, the traditional ancestral homeland communities as represented by the Native Councils in the Maritime Provinces, resolved in 2003, to establish a Maritime Aboriginal Aquatic Resources Secretariat (MAARS). MAARS would focus its work to understand the breadth of aquatic resources, the significance of oceans management, the value in developing multi-stakeholder partnerships, the importance of understanding the complexities of the modern fishing industry, and the processes which lead to governance decision making.