Contents

Introduction
e What is this booklet about?

Aboriginal fishing rights:
The Constitution and the Sparrow decision
e What is the Constitution, and what does it say?
e What is the Sparrow decision?
History
The court’s decision
Important legal points

Fishing rights: Non-status and Métis Indians
in British Columbia

The Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy:

The Canadian government’s response to the

Sparrow decision

e What is the Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy?

© What are the goals of the AFS?

e How does the AFS work?

e What is an AFS agreement?

e Who enforces AFS agreements?

¢ Do [have to obey AFS regulations?

e¢ What will happen when the AFS program
is finished?

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