Challenges facing elver fishers as season opens
We’re nearly a week into elver season. The baby eel fishery on Maritime rivers has been plagued by shutdowns, poaching and illegal activity over the years. The federal Fisheries department decided to open the season last weekend, with several changes. A new app is now in place to track the catch, and a new quota plan gives more commercial catch to First Nations. Stanley King with Atlantic Elver Fishery Ltd. says some of his quota was taken without compensation. “First Nations now hold 53 percent of the fishery. We’re a shell of our former company, and other commercial license holders are feeling the same way. At this point, we’re trying to make ends meet,” said King. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 11:02
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