Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) unveiled its plan Tuesday to end the rampant poaching and violence that have characterized the elver fishery. The fishery for juvenile American eels (elvers) is set ...
Fishing and possession licence holders are required to use the Elver Management and Tracking (EMT) application to keep the authorities informed about the status of elver in the supply chain.
Tyler Sabattis, a lobster and scallop fisherman, said he got into elver fishing last year to earn extra income for his family and community in Bilijk (Kingsclear First Nation), near Fredericton.
A group of companies with licences to fish for highly lucrative juvenile eels along Maritime rivers turned once again to the courts on Friday in their bitter dispute with the federal Department of ...
Lobstermen previously said they were fishing less in 2023 ... 5.71 million-pound haul and $15.5 million value. Meanwhile, the elver fishery, which had held the No. 2 spot since 2021, dropped ...
The Nova Scotia Power hydro dam in Head of St. Margarets Bay was shut down for three weeks in 2023 amid illegal elver fishing at the site. (Submitted by Atlantic Elver Fishery) This year's season is ...
Last spring's season was cancelled by the federal fisheries minister following several years of chaos and violence in the highly lucrative fishery, a move that effectively made any elver fishing along ...
CNW/ - An orderly and well regulated elver fishery is essential for the long term sustainability of this high-value species. Now that strengthened ...