Fishermen might soon be able to catch thousands of pounds of valuable baby eels for years to come. Baby eels, also called elvers, are likely the most valuable fish in the United States on a per-pound basis - worth orders of magnitude more money at the docks than lobsters, scallops or salmon.
FILE - Baby eels swim in a tank after being caught in the Penobscot River in Brewer, Maine, on May 15, 2021. The tiny fish are crucial to the worldwide sushi supply chain and they are caught only by Maine fishermen. Often, they’re worth more than $2,000 per pound. FILE - In this Friday, March 24, 2012, file photo, a man holds elvers, young, translucent eels, in Portland, Maine.
The tiny fish, which weigh only a few grams, are harvested by fishermen using nets in rivers and streams. The only state in the country with a significant elver catch is Maine, where fishermen have voiced concerns in recent months about the possibility of a cut to the fishery’s strict quota system. “Just let ‘er go and let us fish,” Young said. “They should do that because we’ve done everything they’ve asked, above and beyond.”Maine mass shooter had a brain injury. Experts say that doesn’t explain his violence.vote on a new quota system
Since booming in value, elvers have become the second most valuable fish species in Maine in terms of total value. The state has instituted numerous new controls to try to thwart poaching, which has emerged as a
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