The average price of $286 per pound in Maine this month is down more than $2,000 per pound from the peak in 2018.

DARTMOUTH, NS, March 3, 2025 /CNW/ - An orderly and well regulated elver fishery is essential for the long term sustainability of this high-value species. Now that strengthened regulations and ...

Legal elver fishers are the only ones being penalized by the federal government's decision to shut down the Maritime fishery, the standing committee on fisheries and oceans heard on Tuesday in Ottawa.

Elver fishermen set up a net on the Penobscot River in Brewer on May 25, 2017. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP Mainers now have a chance to apply for one of 16 new licenses for the state’s lucrative ...

Since the start of the elver season on March 22, the spring run has been picking up and landings are looking good. The Ellsworth American reported that dealers paid an average price of $2,747 per ...

After a barrage of criticism over a plan to transfer baby eel quotas away from longtime licence holders, the federal Fisheries Department is delaying information sessions on the pilot project. In ...

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