(Source: CBC News | Posted: April 24 2024)

Federal fisheries officers patrolling for unauthorized elver fishing arrested five people from Maine last weekend in southwest Nova Scotia, adding to the evidence that groups from outside the province have flocked to local rivers to catch the lucrative juvenile eels.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said in a news release Wednesday officers seized nearly 3½ kilograms of elvers during the arrests in the Meteghan area of Digby County, along with a vehicle and four nets. The department did not say if those arrested would be charged.

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