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Concerns raised about enforcement in baby eel fishery if licences redistributed – CBC

by ahnationtalk on December 11, 202424 Views

Dec 11, 2024

Fishers attending DFO meeting question if minister has given enough thought to proposal

Fishers are raising questions about how federal enforcement officers will cope if a proposal to increase the number of people licensed to net baby eels in the Maritimes goes ahead next year.

The concerns emerged during a meeting held Tuesday by the federal Fisheries Department at which current licence holders heatedly suggested the federal minister hadn’t thought through the proposed changes.

The Fisheries Department is proposing to redistribute about 28 per cent of the allowable catch of 9,960 kilograms from nine commercial licence holders — creating about 150 new commercial licence holders — and providing half of the total catch to First Nations fishers.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/concerns-raised-federal-proposal-increase-baby-eel-fishing-licenses-1.7406817

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