Baby Eels

• Baby eel fisher calls for enforcement against illegal harvesting on N.S. river

  A licensed baby eel fisher says he's been sending evidence to the federal Fisheries Department of illegal fishing on a Nova Scotia river, but he says Ottawa is not acting.

  Canada

  May 7, 2025
  
• For Mi’kmaq fishers working within Ottawa’s baby eel rules, it’s a ‘peaceful’ season

  Some Mi'kmaq harvesters say working within Ottawa's quotas for the contentious baby eel fishery is helping calm the tense atmosphere in their river workplaces.

  Canada

  May 1, 2025
  
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• Ottawa scraps elver fishery quota redistribution plan after backlash

  A statement from Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier's office said the minister reached the decision after listening to feedback from stakeholders in recent weeks.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2025
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• Ottawa delays meetings on elver fishery quota changes amid criticism

  The federal Fisheries Department says in an email that the information session planned for Jan. 21 is postponed as the government continues to evaluate comments on the proposal.

  Canada

  Jan 15, 2025
• Ottawa’s proposed shift of elver wealth has a problem: some recipients don’t want it

  Tension over the fishery led to violence on the province's rivers this spring, including accusations of assault and shots fired.

  Economy

  Dec 20, 2024
• Concerns raised about enforcement in baby eel fishery if licences redistributed

  Fishers raised questions about how federal enforcement officers will cope if a proposal to increase the number of people licensed to net baby eels in the Maritimes goes ahead.

  Canada

  Dec 10, 2024
• DFO says commercial elver fishers won’t be compensated under new quota plan

  'She thinks she's playing Robin Hood, and in actuality, she's putting these fishermen in a worse-off situation than they currently are,' one licence-holder said.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2024
• Baby eels worth up to $350K destined for overseas market intercepted in Nova Scotia

  The Fisheries Department says on social media that officers intercepted the shipment "based on gathered intelligence" and arrested two people.

  Crime

  Jun 4, 2024
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• Nova Scotia fisher says Toronto airport elver seizure welcome — and long overdue

  A commercial elver fisher in Nova Scotia says he welcomes news of the significant seizure last week of baby eels at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

  Canada

  May 21, 2024
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• ‘A bucket and a net and you’re in business.’ Looming tensions in Maritime eel fishery

  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans closed the fishery for the tiny, translucent fish known as elvers on April 15 after reports of violence related to unauthorized fishing.

  Economy

  Dec 14, 2023