-CP-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, Ottawa announced a “pilot project” to redistribute 27 per cent of the 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 had previously worked for the commercial licence holders \u2014 would have gained the right to catch 22 kilograms of the translucent eels in rivers this spring. But a number of the fishers set to receive the quota spoke out against it, saying they prefer being employees and would feel less safe having to operate on their… <\/p>\n
-CP-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, Ottawa announced a “pilot project” to redistribute 27 per cent of the 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 had previously worked for the commercial licence holders \u2014 would have gained the right to catch 22 kilograms of the translucent eels in rivers this spring. But a number of the fishers set to receive the quota spoke out against it, saying they prefer being employees and would feel less safe having to operate on their... <\/p>\n