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Another battle over lucrative juvenile eel fishery lands in court

A consortium of companies holding licenses to fish for valuable juvenile eels in Maritime rivers has once again turned to…

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Nova Scotia

Federal fisheries minister does about-face on unpopular baby eel quota redistribution

Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier has made the decision to shelve a controversial proposal that would have redistributed baby eel…

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Nova Scotia

Ottawa delays meetings for unpopular plan to redistribute baby eel quotas

The federal Fisheries Department has faced backlash over its plan to redistribute baby eel quotas away from longtime licence holders.…

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Nova Scotia

Concerns raised about enforcement in baby eel fishery if licences redistributed

Fishermen in the Maritimes are expressing concerns about the potential impact of a proposal to increase the number of licensed…

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Nova Scotia

Fishermen greet DFO baby eel licence plan with uncertainty

Fishermen employed by commercial licence holders to catch highly lucrative juvenile eels are trying to parse the implications of a…

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Nova Scotia

For traditional Mi’kmaw adult eel fishers, it’s not about the money

Mi’kmaw fishermen thrust a rake-like spear deep into a hole cut in the ice on a river in Antigonish, N.S.,…

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Nova Scotia

‘We are going to lose this species forever’: How federal inaction is pitting communities against each other and risking the future of the American eel

As you read this, thousands upon thousands of tiny translucent juvenile American eels are drifting on ocean currents from where…

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