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Concerns raised about enforcement in baby eel fishery if licences redistributed 
By Michael Tutton US Source: atlantic.ctvnews 12/10/2024
Michael Tutton
Credit: AP-Robert F. Bukaty
Fishers raised questions Tuesday about how federal enforcement officers will cope if a proposal to increase the number of people licensed to net baby eels in the Maritimes goes ahead next year.

The concerns emerged during a meeting held by the federal Fisheries Department at which current licence holders heatedly suggested the federal minister hadn't thought through the proposed changes.
 

The Fisheries Department is proposing to redistribute about 28 per cent of the allowable catch of 9,960 kilograms from nine commercial licence holders -- creating about 150 new commercial licence holders -- and providing half of the total catch to First Nations fishers.

 
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