Court won’t overturn decision to cut quota from N.S., N.B. elver licence holders – Maharlika News

November 19 2024

Three judges have delivered another blow to beleaguered commercial groups that fish for lucrative juvenile eels in the Maritimes, agreeing with a lower court ruling that upheld Ottawa’s 2022 decision to transfer a portion of their quota to First Nations without compensation.

DFO says it wants to ‘broaden the distribution of the prosperity’ in lucrative fishery

The Federal Court of Appeal heard arguments in the case last week in Halifax, and emerged with a decision that found the federal fisheries minister had “broad discretion” and had used it reasonably.

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