Norwegian fisheries regulators in a landmark decision have banned all fishing of the critically endangered European eel starting in 2010 and cut 2009 catch quotas by 80 percent. Oslo, Norway – ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Kate Linebaugh: Stanley King manages a fishing business in Nova Scotia, Canada.

KAMPONG PHLUK, Cambodia (AP) — Em Phat, 53, studies his eel tanks with the intensity of a man gambling with his livelihood. For millennia, fishermen like him have relied on the bounty of the Tonle Sap ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — They're wriggly, they're gross and they're worth more than $2,000 a pound. And soon, fishermen might be able to catch thousands of pounds of them for years to come. Baby eels, ...

Baby eels, also known as elvers, are incredibly valuable, fetching over $2,000 per pound, primarily due to their importance in Japanese cuisine. Harvested mainly in Maine using nets in rivers and ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Concerns that war in Europe or fickle weather might hold back one of America's most valuable fisheries appear to have been unfounded. Baby eels, also called elvers, are one of ...

For generations, people have fished for baby eels in the island’s estuaries. But they seem to be getting harder to find. Fishing for glass eels along the Lanyang River in Yilan County in northeastern ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...