State regulators are moving ahead on plans to impose limits on the glass eel, or elver, catch rather than face steeper cuts imposed by regional fishery regulators.
The Associated Press reported industry officials expressed support for new quotas based on the historical catch during the first public hearing in the matter last week in Augusta. Another public hearing is scheduled for Jan. 2 in Brewer before rules are crafted to cut the elver catch by between 25% and 40% in 2014.
