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Ottawa’s proposed shift of elver wealth has a problem: some recipients don’t want it | Globalnews.ca

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Ottawa has proposed a plan to redistribute the wealth of Nova Scotia's baby eel harvest to hard-working, individual fishers like Suzy Edwards and Mark Weldon .

Some would-be recipients of the eel quota say the proposal is unfair, unworkable and unwanted.

Edwards, a social worker who shifted to fishing 14 years ago , said she may have no choice but to accept the quota of 22 kilograms to help support her family.

Weldon also says he feels uneasy about accepting quota that used to go to his employer.

Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier "has not done her research, nor has our regional DFO office," Carey says.

Carey says Ottawa needs to rethink its plan, compensating licence holders for quota they're losing.

She predicts hundreds of new entrants will crowd the rivers, prices are likely to plummet, and chaos on the rivers will resume.

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