Seacoast Online: As the value of American eels skyrockets, some unscrupulous fishermen have been tempted by the thousands of dollars they might make in a good day’s fishing to circumvent the law, which says almost no one in the...

Portland Press Herald: At just after midnight early Thursday from a bridge over the Presumpscot River in Falmouth , the shoreline seemed to be strung with the soft, cold light of fireflies or the flickering flames of...

A recent editorial by Managing Editor Kristen Schulze Muszynski of the Journal Tribune calls for support of Maine bill LD 632, which would criminalize violations of elver fishery laws, including illegal possession of the tiny eels. Per this bill,...

Bangor Daily News: Maine Marine Patrol Officer Brent Chasse succinctly sums up the challenges facing him and his fellow conservation officers during the 10-week elver season, which began in late March and stretches until May 31 . “Money brings...

Boston.com: Maine fishery officials are calling last week’s seizure of $61,000 worth of baby eels, a pickup truck and eel storage equipment the largest illegal eel possession case in the history of the state’s elver fishery. Phillip Parker, 41,...

The Bangor Daily News reports that as of April 5, 23 summonses have been issued statewide by the Maine Department of Natural Resources’ Marine Patrol to people who were caught fishing for elvers (juvenile American eels) without a license....

Portland Press Herald: The Passamaquoddy Tribe’s violation of state law by selling more than its allotted number of elver fishing licenses is jeopardizing Maine’s fisheries, economy and families, Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher said Tuesday. “The Passamaquoddy Tribe...

Lincoln County News: A member of the Newcastle-Nobleboro Fish Committee said authorities plan to watch the waters below the Damariscotta Mills fish ladder for people illegally harvesting elvers. The state bans all fishing in the area from March...

Bangor Daily News: Imposing a catch limit is a better way of protecting elver population than limiting the number of licenses that may be issued to fishermen, Clayton Cleaves, chief of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point said...

Bangor Daily News: With their newly lucrative industry coming under closer scrutiny from fishing regulators, elver fishermen have decided it is time to join together to make their concerns known in Augusta and out of state. To that...