Maine Baby Eel Season Kicks Off With COVID-Related Fears
Maine’s baby eel fishery started on Tuesday, but those that participate in the lucrative fishery are hesitant to celebrate.
Baby eels, or elvers, have gone for more than $2,000 per pound in the past. But this year there are concerns about getting them to the Asian market.
“As of now, the biggest challenge facing the industry this season will be the logistics of getting eels to their ultimate destinations,” Mitchell Feigenbaum, a distributor of Maine eels, told the Bangor Daily News. “A severe COVID outbreak in Hong Kong combined...
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