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(Source: CBC News) – Enduring significance of eels in Mi’kmaw spirituality is maintained through generations – Mi’kmaw fishermen thrust a rake-like spear deep into a hole cut in the ice on a…

(Source: Yahoo! News) – OTTAWA — The federal fisheries minister says the lucrative elver fishery will stay closed for the 2024 season. Diane Lebouthillier says confrontations and incidents of violence have created…

(Source: 101.5 The Hawk) – For the second consecutive year, the legal elver fishery will remain closed in Canada as poaching concerns remain high. Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier announced her decision…

(Source: CP24 News) – The federal fisheries minister says the lucrative elver fishery will stay closed for the 2024 season. Diane Lebouthillier says confrontations and incidents of violence have created an “immediate…

(Source: CBC News) – Fisheries and Oceans Canada admits it’s unable to control illegal fishing – A Nova Scotia Liberal MP is objecting to the federal government’s decision to cancel the 2024…

House of Commons Canada Webcast – VIEW VIDEO

Nova Scotia Fisheries Minister Kent Smith has written his federal counterpart Diane Lebouthillier stating his “extreme disappointment” with DFO’s management of the elver fishery. A copy of the letter sent Feb. 15,…

Dear Minister Lebouthillier: I am writing to share my extreme disappointment with the recent management and enforcement of the elver fishery that has resulted in your February 13, 2024, announcement stating your…

Senator Jane Cordy (NS) really gets to the point at the Senate Fisheries Committee in Ottawa… – VIEW VIDEO

Genna Carey, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Stanley King – Study of issues relating to the management of Canada’s fisheries and oceans – VIEW VIDEO