Closure of Maritime baby eel fishery fails to stop widespread illegal fishing

Closure of Maritime baby eel fishery fails to stop widespread illegal fishing

Source: cbc

4/24/2023

Credit: Atlantic Elver Fishery

Poaching continues uninterrupted on some Nova Scotia rivers despite a federal shutdown of the baby eel fishery earlier this month, new video and still photographs show.

Images of active fishing for the tiny eels also known as elvers were provided to CBC News and the federal government by a frustrated commercial elver licence holder. Some images were taken as recent as Sunday night.

Sissiboo River

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