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HALIFAX- Canada’s fisheries minister says she wants to shut down this year’s lucrative baby eel fishery with only weeks to go before the season opens in the Maritimes. But Diane Lebouthillier says she won’t make a final decision until she consults with licence holders and First Nations. Lebouthillier sent a letter today to commercial fishers saying the fishery should be shut down because illegal fishing in the past four years has led to a growing pattern of harassment, threats and violence on rivers in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. As well, the letter says the poaching is jeopardizing conservation measures aimed at saving the threatened species. The minster says these problems can be solved with new regulations covering Indigenous fishers, licensing, exporting and the tracking of legally caught baby eels,… <\/p>\n

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HALIFAX- Canada’s fisheries minister says she wants to shut down this year’s lucrative baby eel fishery with only weeks to go before the season opens in the Maritimes. But Diane Lebouthillier says she won’t make a final decision until she consults with licence holders and First Nations. Lebouthillier sent a letter today to commercial fishers saying the fishery should be shut down because illegal fishing in the past four years has led to a growing pattern of harassment, threats and violence on rivers in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. As well, the letter says the poaching is jeopardizing conservation measures aimed at saving the threatened species. The minster says these problems can be solved with new regulations covering Indigenous fishers, licensing, exporting and the tracking of legally caught baby eels,... <\/p>\n

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