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Canada seizes major shipment of illegal elvers worth CAD 500k

An illegal shipment of baby eels, worth about CAD 500,000, was seized at the Toronto International Airport on May 15

By Undercurrent News | May 20, 2024 14:32 BST
Elvers. Photograph from US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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An illegal shipment of baby eels worth about CAD 500,000 ($367,037) was seized at Toronto (Ontario) International Airport on May 15 by enforcement officers from Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The approximately 109 kilograms of elvers were destined to be shipped overseas. [...]

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