Each spring, fishermen set nets in Maine’s rivers to fish for the state’s most valuable catch. No, not the iconic lobster, but tiny glass eels that fetch wholesale prices topping $2,000 per pound.
The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township was awarded a $4.3 million grant to build an eel-growing farm and to create value-added products such as filet and kabayaki, a Japanese delicacy, in the ...
Figure 1. (Top) Imports of live eel fry into East Asia from the other regions based on East Asian Customs data, 2004-2022. (Bottom) Imports of live eel fry into East Asia from the Americas based on ...