The top enforcement officer for DFO in the Maritimes says arrests and seizures are "having a significant deterrence" on unauthorized elver fishing this spring.
Tiny, translucent baby eels, called elvers, are back in the news after two Mi kmaq men from Nova Scotia reported being detained by federal fisheries officers and then left far from home at 1 a.m. without footwear or phones after they were caught fishing near Shelburne, N.S.
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The Federal Court of Canada ruled the process used by the minister of Fisheries and Oceans in 2022 was fair, reasonable and within ministerial discretion to manage the fishery.