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

(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 aqui.