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Tribal leader sued for revealing secret fishing spot on social media

Two lawsuits around the tribal elver fishery were recently filed by members of the Passamaquoddy tribe, including one alleging that posting a harvester's landing reports on social media deprived that fisherman of future earnings by revealing his elver fishing locations.

The Quoddy Tides reported that Chris Sepsa Altvater filed suit in tribal court against the Joint Tribal Council over its decision to retroactively impose a penalty on tribal members who did not turn in elver landing reports on time for the 2016 season. The penalty includes a fine, quota reduction and restricting elver harvesters dip nets instead of weir nets. The lawsuit says the council can't impose a penalty after the fact, and asks for restoration of the quota.

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