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For traditional Mi’kmaw adult eel fishers, it’s not about the money
(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…
March 12, 2024 -
Citing poaching, violent incidents, Ottawa says elver fishery won’t open this year
(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…
March 11, 2024 -
DFO announces elver fishery will remain closed in 2024
(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…
March 11, 2024 -
Citing poaching, violent incidents, Ottawa says elver fishery won’t open this year
(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…
March 11, 2024 -
Decision to cancel 2024 Maritime elver season criticized by Liberal MP, industry group
(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…
March 11, 2024 -
Standing House of Commons Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
House of Commons Canada Webcast – VIEW VIDEO
March 7, 2024 -
Nova Scotia fisheries minister blasts DFO ‘inaction’ on elver poaching
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,…
March 7, 2024 -
Letter from Honourable Kent Smith, E.C.N.S.
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…
March 5, 2024 -
Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans – Jane Cordy
Senator Jane Cordy (NS) really gets to the point at the Senate Fisheries Committee in Ottawa… – VIEW VIDEO
February 29, 2024 -
Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
Genna Carey, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Stanley King – Study of issues relating to the management of Canada’s fisheries and oceans – VIEW VIDEO
February 29, 2024