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Canada’s elver license holders bash DFO math, seek higher TAC

'The recently announced allocations reflect a far larger uncompensated reduction in quota, up to 73.6% for most commercial license holders' -- Genna Carey, president of the Canadian Committee for a Sustainable Eel Fishery

By Barb Dean-Simmons | Jan. 31, 2025 18:00 GMT
Elvers or juvenile eels are in high demand in China. Photo from Canadian Committee for a Sustainable Elver Fishery
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Commercial elver license holders in Atlantic Canada have bashed the math used by Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to allocated quotas for 2025, and are seeking a higher overall total allowable catch (TAC) for the coming season [...]

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