The federal government closed the fishery for baby eels in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia for 45 days on April 15 after reports of poaching and of violence among fishers.
HALIFAX - Indigenous and non-Indigenous baby eel harvesters are lamenting that a long-running study on the species has been cancelled because of unlic.
Indigenous and non-Indigenous baby eel harvesters are lamenting the fact that a long-running study on the species has been cancelled because of unlicensed, chaotic fishing.
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The legal fishery was shut down on April 15 but the black market is still driving widespread poaching on rivers in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Baby eels, called elvers, are the most lucrative fishery in Canada by weight.