PORTLAND, Maine — Fishermen in the U.S.'s only commercial-scale fishing industry for valuable baby eels once again had a productive season searching for the tiny fish. Baby eels, called elvers, are ...
Each spring, fishermen set nets in Maine’s rivers to fish for the state’s most valuable catch. No, not the iconic lobster, but tiny glass eels that fetch wholesale prices topping $2,000 per pound.
The baby eels are carried by strong currents to the northeast coast of North America, where they mature in brackish estuaries. The elvers, or “glass eels” due to their transparent bodies, are caught ...
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