US EditionFor Mi'kmaq fishers working within Ottawa's baby eel rules, it's a 'peaceful' season
- Mi'kmaq fishers including David Bishop and Jay Pennell worked under Ottawa-negotiated quotas for the 2025 baby eel fishery on Nova Scotia's Gold River.
- These quotas arose from a new system granting exclusive rights to eight First Nations through KMK, aiming to reduce past tensions with non-Indigenous fishers and to manage conservation.
- Fishers track catches using a KMK app linked to the federal system, face tight catch limits, and contend with a collapsed elver price from $5,000 to $1,500 per kilogram.
- Justin Martin of KMK stated hundreds of fishers demonstrate self-governed, conservation-based management despite some social media criticisms, while managers like Stanley King note commercial licence-holders lost access without compensation.
- The arrangement has eased conflicts for some like Bishop, but strains remain elsewhere in the province with some Indigenous fishers rejecting federal limits and enforcement incidents persisting.
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For Mi'kmaq fishers working within Ottawa's baby eel rules, it's a 'peaceful' season
Some Mi'kmaq harvesters say working within Ottawa's quotas for the contentious baby eel fishery is helping calm the tense atmosphere in their river workplaces. In the shallows of the Gold River last Friday night, as the tiny, translucent eels known as elvers emerged from the mud, Jay Pennell
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The Toronto StarFor Mi’kmaq fishers working within Ottawa’s baby eel rules, it’s a ‘peaceful’ season
Some Mi'kmaq harvesters say working within Ottawa's quotas for the contentious baby eel fishery is helping calm the tense atmosphere in their river workplaces.
Mi'kmaq fishers working within fed's baby eel rules, it's a 'peaceful' season
Some Mi’kmaq harvesters say working within the federal government’s quotas for the contentious baby eel fishery is helping calm the tense atmosphere in their river workplaces. In the shallows of the Gold River last Friday night, as the tiny, translucent eels known as elvers emerged from the mud, Jay Pennell — a member of the […]
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