Baby Eel Poaching Bubbles to the Surface Again in Canada
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A commercial baby eel license holder in New Brunswick says she was shocked when one of her workers told her that members of Sipekne'katik, or the Shubenacadie First Nation of Nova Scotia, were plucking the creatures from the Lepreau River.
The Lepreau, a small river near Saint John that's popular with kayakers for its white water and sightseers for its picturesque waterfall, is one of the more productive spots to find baby eels, also called elvers, that wash into the estuary during the springtime, according to Mary Ann Holland...
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