Tension over the fishery led to violence on the province's rivers this spring, including accusations of assault and shots fired.
Maritimers who make their living fishing baby eels – known as elvers – are outraged with a new federal plan they claim will jeopardize the entire industry. Letters obtained by Global News indicate Ottawa plans to “slash quotas” for license holders by up to 90 per cent.
“It’s going to break up a wonderful team who are almost like family,” Edwards said. “We’re not going to get a good price, because there’s going to be a lot of competition and fewer buyers.”Under the federal Fisheries Department’s proposal released earlier this month, 27 per cent of the total Maritime catch of about 10,000 kilograms would shift to 120 people who had been working for the licensees. A further 1.5 per cent of the lucrative catch would go to 30 harvesters of adult eels.
The email from spokeswoman Megan Gallant noted the participants in the industry had until Dec. 16 to provide feedback on the Dec. 5 proposal and their submissions are being reviewed.However, Edwards and Weldon said they’re now faced with problems that don’t have simple solutions, such as a lack of holding tanks to keep their wriggling catch alive, uncertainty over the price they will receive and a lack of clarity over which rivers they will have access to.
Genna Carey, the manager of Atlantic Elver and daughter of its founder, said in an interview Thursday that with the company’s catch limit potentially set at 228 kilograms, down 80 per cent from 1,200 kilograms in 2022, she’ll only be able to keep on a few of her 18 regular employees.
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