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2024 Elver Enforcement Outcomes To Date
(Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Posted: April 8 2024) The elver fishery is not open for 2024, therefore anyone found fishing for elver will…
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Guns and Death Threats Spur Canada to Reel in Baby-Eel Fishing
(Source: The Wall Street Journal | Posted: April 5, 2024 11:00 pm ET) OTTAWA—Back in 1996, Louis MacDonald was among the first fishermen to acquire a license…
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Fishery officers make 39 arrests and seizures at rivers for unauthorized elver fishing
(Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Posted: Mar 25, 2024) News release, March 25, 2024 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia – Unauthorized fishing is a threat to the…
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Baby eel poaching causing frustration in Canada’s maritime provinces
(Source: Global News | Posted: March 24, 2024) Elvers, or baby eels, weigh only a few grams, but make up a multi-billion dollar industry. Since March 6,…
Atlantic Canada Elver Fishers Advisory Council Inc. 