ELLSWORTH — Maine’s elver fishing will wrap up this week as the catch limit for Maine harvesters nears its allotted quota well before the official June 7 end to the
Sean Fraser says the public service strike has made it difficult for Ottawa to enforce conservation rules for the highly contentious and lucrative baby eel fishery.
The order prohibiting fishing signed by the Fisheries and Oceans Minister Saturday says there's been a significant amount of people fishing for eel "outside the authorized fishery"
Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the elver fishery in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick is closed for 45 days amid growing concerns of illegal poaching and violence.
Elvers, or baby eels, are sold to fish farms in Asia, where they are grown to market size. It's a lucrative fishing industry that has been marred by controversy.