Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Joyce Murray admitted Tuesday the troubled baby eel fishery — known as elvers — 'got out of hand' this spring, blaming poachers attracted by easy money.
Specialized nets used to trap baby eels, also called elvers, sits above the water at low tide at the mouth of a Nova Scotia river. The net is illegal because the fishery is closed.
Murray closed the fishery in mid-April after unprecedented numbers of unauthorized harvesters descended on Nova Scotia and New Brunswick rivers.Eel poachers forced Nova Scotia Power to shut down hydro dam DFO has been accused by commercial elver licence holders and politicians of not doing enough to stop the illegal fishery — before and after the fisheries management order closing the commercial fishery was issued on April 15.Murray insisted efforts to combat illegal fishing are yielding results.
"I definitely don't think that it's helpful for any MP to suggest there's no enforcement because we are working with provincial law enforcement. We're working with the RCMP."
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