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HALIFAX — Last week’s seizure of more than 100 kilograms of baby eels at Toronto Pearson International airport is being welcomed as a significant step by a commercial elver fisher in Nova Scotia.
But Stanley King of Atlantic Elver Fishery said in an interview Tuesday that the seizure by federal officials is long overdue.
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“This is the first bust in 2024 at an export point. and we are basically at the end of the season, so I think it will be the lone bust,” said King. “But we do hope that it’s the first of many (future interceptions) and it’s welcome news for now.”
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