(Source: Academia / Oak Ridge National Laboratory)  The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) has been proposed for special protection in the United States under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)....   Read More

(Source: Saltwire) BEDFORD, N.S. — There’s a fyke net setup each evening in the Sackville River where it runs through Fish Hatchery Park in...   Read More

(Source: Hakai Magazine) East Coast fishers have weathered arson, gunshots, and harassment. Conflict and turmoil will likely continue until the Canadian government addresses Indigenous...   Read More

(Source: Saltwire) An orderly and sustainable elver fishery subject to monitoring and enforcement is wrapping up . . . somewhere else. READ MORE

(Source: CTV News) HALIFAX – Indigenous and non-Indigenous baby eel harvesters are lamenting that a long-running study on the species has been cancelled because...   Read More

(Source: Atlantic Fisherman) Citing conservation and safety concerns, the elver fishery in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick was shut down by Fisheries and Oceans...   Read More

(Source: CBC) “Only criminals are profiting, says business owner obeying the elver fishery shutdown. A week and a half after Wine Harbour Fisheries was ordered...   Read More

(Source: Saltwire) “The biggest little fishery in Atlantic Canada that you’ve probably never heard of is for elvers. Also known as glass eels, elvers are...   Read More

(Source: The Canadian Press) “HALIFAX – Photographs have been released showing people fishing for baby eels in Nova Scotia despite the federal government’s recent decision...   Read More

(Source: CBC) “’Poachers continue to fish regardless,’ Atlantic Elver Fishery tells officials in email Poaching continues uninterrupted on some Nova Scotia rivers despite a federal...   Read More