Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishermen in the U.S.'s only commercial-scale fishing industry for valuable baby eels once again had a ...

AROUND 9 P.M. ON April 10, 2024, James Nevin parked his truck next to the Shubenacadie Canal in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, scanning the banks for a good spot to fish. There were others already there, so ...

PORTLAND, MainePORTLAND, Maine — They’re wriggly, they’re gross and they’re worth more than $2,000 a pound. And soon, fishermen might be able to catch thousands of pounds of them for years to come.

Concerns that war in Europe or fickle weather might hold back one of America's most valuable fisheries appear to have been unfounded. Baby eels, also called elvers, are one of the most lucrative wild ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — 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, ...

FILE - Bruce Steeves uses a lantern to look for young eels, known as elvers, on a river, Thursday, March 23, 2012, in southern Maine. Fishermen in the U.S.'s only commercial-scale fishing industry for ...