Mr. Doug Wentzell at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On November 21st, 2023. See this statement in context.

November 21st, 2023 / 1 p.m.

Regional Director General, Maritimes Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

This elver fishery, while it is along the rivers, presents a number of unique challenges given how lucrative it is and how the elvers are shipped out of the country.

We are doing a management review of the elver fishery right now to figure out if there are additional tools we need to manage, given how unique this fishery is.

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