US regulators maintain fishing quota for valuable baby eels, even as Canada struggles with poaching
by Patrick Whittle
May 01, 2024
2 minutes
U.S. regulators decided Wednesday to allow American fishermen to harvest thousands of pounds of valuable baby eels in the coming years, even as authorities have shuttered the industry in Canada while they grapple with poaching.
Baby eels, also called elvers, are harvested from rivers and streams by fishermen every spring. The tiny aquaculture companies.
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