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…
Read More »Federal officials are considering handing over to First Nations a much greater portion of the lucrative but highly fraught Maritime…
Read More »The top enforcement officer for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in the Maritimes says arrests and seizures are…
Read More »Federal fisheries officers patrolling for unauthorized elver fishing arrested five people from Maine last weekend in southwest Nova Scotia, adding…
Read More »The federal Crown has halted its prosecution of five Mi’kmaw men accused of unauthorized elver fishing three years ago on…
Read More »Legal elver fishers are the only ones being penalized by the federal government’s decision to shut down the Maritime fishery,…
Read More »Nova Scotia RCMP have charged a Parrsboro man with multiple criminal counts after a night time altercation with fishery officers…
Read More »The federal government has carried through on its threat to cancel the 2024 season for baby eels, also known as…
Read More »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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