By\u00a0Michael Tutton 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 December, Ottawa announced a plan to redistribute 27 per cent of the total Maritime catch of about 10,000 kilograms of baby eels \u2014 known as elvers \u2014 from nine commercial licence holders to 120 people who would operate on their own. Each of the 120 recipients \u2014 who worked for the commercial licence holders \u2014 would gain the right to scoop 22 kilograms of the tiny, translucent eels from rivers this spring. A further 1.5 per cent of the lucrative catch would go to 30 harvesters of adult eels. In addition, Ottawa plans to shift about half… <\/p>\n
By\u00a0Michael Tutton 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 December, Ottawa announced a plan to redistribute 27 per cent of the total Maritime catch of about 10,000 kilograms of baby eels \u2014 known as elvers \u2014 from nine commercial licence holders to 120 people who would operate on their own. Each of the 120 recipients \u2014 who worked for the commercial licence holders \u2014 would gain the right to scoop 22 kilograms of the tiny, translucent eels from rivers this spring. A further 1.5 per cent of the lucrative catch would go to 30 harvesters of adult eels. In addition, Ottawa plans to shift about half... <\/p>\n