PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine’s baby eel fishermen had a productive year in the state’s rivers and streams, but the price for the eels was much lower than usual.
The fishing season for the eels, which are called elvers, ended on Sunday. Fishermen caught at least 9,650 pounds of the eels during a season in which they were limited to 9,688.
The elvers are valuable because they’re used as seed stock by Asian aquaculture companies that raise them to maturity for use as food.
They were worth $525 pounds at the docks this year.
That’s much more than most fish species, but a steep decline from last year’s average of $2,091.
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