ASSOCIATED PRESS • May 1, 2024
U.S. regulators decided Wednesday to allow American fishermen to harvest a little less than 10,000 pounds per year through at least 2027 of valuable baby eels, 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 fish are sometimes worth more than $2,000 per pound because of their high value to Asian aquaculture companies.