Canada gives Mi'kmaq 14% of lucrative Maritime elver fishery

For a second year, the federal government is giving Mi'kmaw First Nations 14 per cent of the lucrative Maritime fishery for baby eels — or elvers — without compensating commercial licence holders.

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