Maine’s lucrative fishery for baby eels — also called elvers or glass eels, depending on their stage of maturity — has escaped a proposed harvest cut that could have decimated the market. At its ...

Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions of eggs before dying so their offspring can ...

Gangs in Haiti are profiting from a lucrative trade in baby eels caught in the crime-ridden country's rivers and estuaries ...

An Ipswich man correctly guessed how many baby eels swam up Mill Brook from the ocean and into Mill Pond, earning himself $850.

There’s something wriggling in the Hudson River, and it’s a sign of rebirth for the waterway’s once-vibrant ecosystem. Experts say glass eels, which have long been endangered, are making a “bumpy ...

The season for baby eels known as elvers is close to winding down, with dealers buying more than 9,200 pounds valued at an average price per pound of $2,161. The Maine Department of Marine Resources, ...

At first, the sight of even one or two juvenile American eels wriggling about in the holding tank atop the Daniels Dam near Ellicott City was encouraging, said William Harbold, a biologist with the ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Kate Linebaugh: Stanley King manages a fishing business in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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