Baby eels, also known as elvers, are held in Brewer, Maine, May 25, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Robert F. Bukaty HALIFAX — Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier has shelved a controversial ...

After a barrage of criticism over a plan to transfer baby eel quotas away from longtime licence holders, the federal Fisheries Department is delaying information sessions on the pilot project. In ...

Ottawa has issued the latest version of how it is proposing to distribute licences for the lucrative baby eel fishery in the Maritimes. In a letter to stakeholders on Monday, the Fisheries ...

Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier has shelved a controversial proposal that would have shifted baby eel quota away from longtime licence holders to their employees. In December ...

The federal government is no longer moving forward with its plan to redistribute the wealth of Nova Scotia’s baby eel harvest from large licence holders to individual fishers after receiving ...

Baby eels, also known as elvers, are held in Brewer, Maine, May 25, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Robert F. Bukaty HALIFAX — Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier has shelved a ...

Baby eels, or elvers, swim in a plastic bag after being caught near Brewer, Maine, May 25, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Robert F. Bukaty HALIFAX — After a barrage of criticism over a plan to transfer ...

HALIFAX - Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier has shelved a controversial proposal that would have shifted baby eel quota away from longtime licence holders to their employees.

Baby eels, or elvers, swim in a plastic bag after being caught near Brewer, Maine, May 25, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Robert F. Bukaty HALIFAX — After a barrage of criticism over a plan to ...