Five people from Maine arrested in Nova Scotia for illegally fishing baby eels – Halifax [Video]

The federal Fisheries Department says five people from Maine were arrested in southwestern Nova Scotia last weekend for illegally fishing for baby eels.

In a news release, the department says the arrests occurred April 20 and in the early hours of April 21 in the Meteghan area of Digby County.

The release didn’t say whether they would face charges, but it notes that fisheries officers seized nearly 3.5 kilograms of baby eels — also known as elvers — a vehicle, three dip nets and one fyke net.

During the same patrol, officers seized another 13 kilograms of elvers and other fishing gear at the same area of Digby County, but the department says the seizure was not related to the people who were arrested.

The officers returned nearly 16.5 …