
Decision to cancel 2024 Maritime elver season criticized by Liberal MP, industry group
A Nova Scotia Liberal MP is objecting to the federal government's decision to cancel the 2024 season for harvesting baby eels, also known as elvers, in the Maritimes. Three-term MP Darren Fisher wrote on Tuesday to the federal Fisheries and Oceans minister expressing his "concern and disappointment" and to question the sincerity of consultations with licensed harvesters that preceded the...