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The profitable baby eel fishery is underway in the Maritimes , after illegal fishing and violence led to its cancellation last year .

Rampant poaching and violence forced the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to shut the lucrative fishery down last year and cut it short in 2023 .

Ottawa introduced new rules for licensing and reallocated quota from commercial harvesters to new Mi’kmaw participants.

A federal judge ruled the DFO failed to properly consult commercial harvesters when it took quota for redistribution among First Nations in 2023 .

The federal government has 40 days to file its defence.

A lawsuit has been filed in the Court of King's Bench in New Brunswick against federal officials.

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