elvers

Starting Monday, Mainers ages 15 and up can enter the state lottery to apply for an elver license. The Department of Marine Resources is awarding 20 new licenses to harvest and sell young American eels this year, pound for pound the most lucrative fishery in Maine.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources is setting quotas for the upcoming elver season at the same levels as last year. But the agency is also proposing…

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine's baby eel fishermen are enjoying a steady harvest and strong prices during the first season in which regulators are using new…

BANGOR, Maine - Two baby eel dealers are facing misdemeanor charges for illegal sales as Maine moves to increase oversight over the lucrative industry.…

If you’ve ever read a story in the news about elver fishing season, you’ve probably seen some variation of this line: “Maine’s the only state in the U.S.…

PORTLAND, Maine - Three men accused of together poaching and selling as much as $1 million worth of baby eels, called elvers, have been sentenced to a…

PORTLAND, Maine - One Maine man is heading to jail and another has pleaded guilty for their role a national baby eel trafficking ring. The Portland Press…

A federal judge has sentenced a Maine man to two years in prison for illegally trafficking in baby eels. The judge sentenced Richard Austin, of Waldoboro,…

BREWER, Maine - The U.S. Department of Justice and other agencies are waging a multistate crackdown on illegal fishing for valuable baby eels. Baby…

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine is implementing a new lottery system for licenses to fish for baby eels, which are worth more than $1,000 per pound on the…