Mainers Send Their Elver Catch to Asia To Reach Market Size. Why Not Grow Eels Here?

October 4, 2018

Now, one Maine entrepreneur wants to add the value herself, growing eels to full size here — a first for the U.S. The startup, American Unagi, is showing early signs of success.

(Reprint from Mainepublic.org 10/3/2018) – Many Mainers are familiar with the state’s lucrative fishery for transparent “glass eels,” or elvers. They can fetch thousands of dollars a pound when shipped to Japan, China and other Asian countries, where they are grown to market size. Read more here.