DFO considers cuts to commercial elver quotas to boost First Nations access

Federal officials are considering handing over to First Nations a much greater portion of the lucrative but highly fraught Maritime fishery for baby eels by slashing the quotas of commercial outfits that have long held licences in the industry.

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