Citing poaching, violent incidents, Ottawa says elver fishery won鈥檛 open this year

Fisheries, Oceans and the 好色tv Coast Guard Minister Diane Lebouthillier rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. The federal fisheries minister says the lucrative elver fishery will stay closed for the 2024 season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

OTTAWA - The federal fisheries minister says the lucrative elver fishery will stay closed for the 2024 season.

Diane Lebouthillier says confrontations and incidents of violence have created an 鈥渋mmediate threat鈥 to public safety and management of the fishery.

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