The high price of baby eels has triggered an upsurge in illegal fishing and criminal activity in Canada. Earlier this year, the country announced a ban on baby-eel fishing in an attempt to contain the violence and to protect dwindling fish stocks. We speak to WSJ’s <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/paul-vieira">Paul Vieira</a> and to a baby-eel fisherman about how a tiny fish has created a turf war in a remote Canadian community.

Further Reading: 
<a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/guns-and-death-threats-spur-canada-to-reel-in-baby-eel-fishing-87b6733f">Guns and Death Threats Spur Canada to Reel in Baby-Eel Fishing</a> 

Further Listening: 
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mPnqFlMFljXPjPdlRV4o7">Will Florida’s Plan to Get Cheap Drugs From Canada Work?</a> 
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5et2ZuT2tHJstOG8pgI4Mu">Canada’s Historic Settlement with Indigenous People</a> 

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Guns and Death Threats in Canada’s Baby-Eel Fisheries

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