An internal review into whether federal Crown attorneys are refusing to prosecute infractions related to the turbulent baby eel fishery in…
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A top federal fisheries enforcement official says it’s likely many of those arrested this spring for illegally fishing for baby…
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Federal officials are considering handing over to First Nations a much greater portion of the lucrative but highly fraught Maritime…
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The top enforcement officer for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in the Maritimes says arrests and seizures are…
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Federal fisheries officers patrolling for unauthorized elver fishing arrested five people from Maine last weekend in southwest Nova Scotia, adding…
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The federal Crown has halted its prosecution of five Mi’kmaw men accused of unauthorized elver fishing three years ago on…
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Legal elver fishers are the only ones being penalized by the federal government’s decision to shut down the Maritime fishery,…
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Nova Scotia RCMP have charged a Parrsboro man with multiple criminal counts after a night time altercation with fishery officers…
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The federal government has carried through on its threat to cancel the 2024 season for baby eels, also known as…
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Representatives of the $45-million Maritime elver fishery are calling on the federal government to implement enforceable regulations for moderate livelihood…
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