June 9, 2016
State’s elver fishery biggest in three years
FILE PHOTO / DAVID CLOUGH
Patricia and Paul Bryant, involved in the elver fishery since the 1970s, tend their nets during a dawn trip to favorable river spots in Bristol.
Maine’s elver, or baby eel fishery, ended 2016 with its most successful catch in three years, according to the Associated Press.
During the season, which started in March and ended on Wednesday, fishermen caught a little less than their 9,700-pound quota at a price of almost $1,450 per pound, state officials told the AP.
Last year’s price per pound was higher, but the overall catch was lower because of harsh winter weather, the wire service said.
Maine has the only large elver fishery in the United States. The baby eels are sold to Asian aquaculture companies to raise to maturity to use as food, notably sushi.
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