Elvers, or baby eels, weigh only a few grams, but make up a multi-billion dollar industry. Since March 6, 34 people have been arrested and more than six kilograms of the lucrative were fish confiscated after the fishing season on Canada’s east coast was cancelled. As Heidi Petracek reports, licensed fishers say enforcement isn’t keeping up with the illegal harvest.
- Nova Scotia fisher says Toronto airport elver seizure welcome — and long overdue
- Around $500,000 worth of baby eels seized at Toronto Pearson Airport
- Five people from Maine arrested in Nova Scotia for illegally fishing baby eels