Published 11 months ago

Elver poaching happening in Bedford park near DFO office

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Commercial fishermen say they were warned by DFO management not to expect much enforcement on the rivers this season. First Nations members have a right acknowledged by the Supreme Court of Canada to make a moderate livelihood off the elver fishery. There are 11 commercial licence holders in Nova Scotia which, since the fishery began in the 1980s, have harvested the juvenile elvers.

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Elver poaching happening in Bedford park near DFO office

BEDFORD, N.S. — There’s a fyke net setup each evening in the Sackville River where it runs through Fish Hatchery Park in Bedford. The net is set up in ...

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