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Baby eel value up to pre-pandemic levels despite challenges

Bruce Steeves uses a lantern to look for young eels, known as elvers, on a river, Thursday, March 23, 2012, in southern Maine. Elvers are one of the most lucrative wild fish species in the U.S. Maine is the only state in the country with a sizeable baby eel fishing industry, and the price for the tiny fish is back up to pre-pandemic levels in the spring of 2022. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) A fisherman holds baby eels, also known as elvers, in Brewer, Maine, on May 25, 2017. Elvers are one of the most lucrative wild fish species in the U.S. Maine is the only state in the country with a sizeable baby eel fishing industry, and the price for the tiny fish is back up to pre-pandemic levels in the spring of 2022. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)