The Save Our Seas and Shores coalition wants issuance of license extensions to Corridor Resources Inc. halted.

The Save Our Seas and Shores coalition wants the issuance of license extensions to Corridor Resources Inc. for its exploration site in the Gulf of St. Lawrence halted. The coalition told the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board it supports the Innu, Maliseet and Mi’gmaq Alliance in their call for a 12-year moratorium on offshore oil and gas development in the gulf.

“It is high time that governments started supporting First Nations and coastal communities over corporate oil interests,” said Mary Gorman, a coalition representative, in a news release. “We want Corridor, unelected petroleum boards and federal and provincial governments to know that oil drilling cannot coexist in sensitive spawning, nursery and migratory waters in one of the most fragile ecosystems on earth.”

The release said a requirement to consult First Nations on the process has not been upheld. First Nations called for the 12-year moratorium during the Assembly of First Nations meeting in Halifax in July.