A Washington County duo was arrested early Friday morning and charged with illegally possessing elvers. Read More
Maine's lucrative baby eel industry will likely face tighter controls this year designed to thwart poaching. Read More
Illegal sales of baby eels that caused last year’s abrupt closure of Maine’s elver fishery have resulted in criminal charges for two baby eel dealers and new rules from the state proposing closer oversight of the lucrative fishery. Read More
The Waldoboro Planning Board signed off on an entrepreneur’s plan to build a 27,000-square-foot facility for her eel aquaculture business at the Waldoboro Business Park. Read More
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission shot down a proposal to increase the annual elver quota by about 20 percent. Read More
Albert Cray, 40, is the 14th person to be charged in Maine and the 12th Mainer to be charged as a result of Operation Broken Glass. Read More
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is considering whether to raise the state’s baby eel quota, also known as elvers, from 9,688 pounds to 11,749 pounds. Read More
William “Bill” Sheldon, of Woolwich, is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Portland to be sentenced for violating the federal Lacey Act by trafficking in poached baby eels, also known as elvers. Read More
With the average price remaining above $2,300 per pound since opening day on March 22, the value of the statewide catch so far was $12 million as of Thursday evening. Read More
Baby eels swim to shore each spring after being born far out in the Atlantic Ocean, following the spring thaw, which means they usually don’t appear in Maine until the snow cover has melted. Read More
Joseph Kelley of Woolwich and James Lewis of West Bath are charged with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, two counts of violation of the Lacey Act and smuggling. Read More
Robert “Eddy” Bowdoin of Hyannis, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty last June to selling a total of approximately 183 pounds of poached baby eels. Read More
The deadline to enter the lottery online is 5 p.m. Monday. Read More
Maine will soon let new people into its valuable baby eel fishery for the first time in several years. Read More
Two men charged in federal court in Maine for their role in an East Coast eel trafficking operation each were sentenced Thursday to six months behind bars. Read More
Tommy Water Zhou, 43, of Brooklyn, has until Dec. 18 to turn himself in and begin serving his sentence, according to federal court documents. Read More
Richard D. Austin pleaded guilty in April to violating the federal Lacey Act by trafficking in baby eels, or elvers. Read More
The elvers are usually worth more than $1,000 per pound, and Maine's the only state with a significant fishery for them. Read More
