Monthly Archives: April 2023

Striking fishery officers stand aside as poaching continues for lucrative baby eels

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(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

COMMENTARY: Elver fishery needs protection

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(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

Photos capture contentious fishing of baby eels in Nova Scotia despite moratorium

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(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

Poaching still widespread despite closure of Maritime elver fishery

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(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

DFO mismanages minor elver fishery into major crisis

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(Source: Halifax Examiner) “Until recently, I could not have told you the difference between an elver and one of Santa’s elves. Now, thanks largely to...   Read More

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