'Operation Broken Glass' was a multi-jurisdiction US Fish and Wildlife Service investigation into the illegal trafficking of American eels. To date, the investigation has resulted in guilty pleas for ...

CHANNEL 5. BEFORE HE STARTED FISHING FOR GLASS EELS, LIFE FOR DURAL YOUNG WAS PRETTY LEAN. HE LIVED IN A REMOTE CABIN, NO ELECTRICITY, NO PLUMBING. >> WE HAD RUNNING WATER. YOU HAD TO RUN OUT AND GET ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Regulators on Tuesday postponed making a decision on new rules concerning Maine’s lucrative American eel fishery. The eel management board of the Atlantic States Marine ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal fisheries regulators are monitoring the dispute between the state of Maine and the Passamaquoddy tribe over the harvest of lucrative glass eels but have no plans to ...

Regulators voted Tuesday to consider raising the amount of a valuable baby eel that can be harvested from Maine's waterways, though conservationists say the eel populations are declining and need ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Fishermen in the U.S.'s only commercial-scale fishing industry for valuable baby eels once again had a productive season searching for the tiny fish. Baby eels, called elvers, are ...

PLYMOUTH – Move over, herring; American eels are making a seasonal run as the wiggly darlings of local rivers and streams. The slippery and mysterious fish have been making their way up Town Brook ...

Each spring, fishermen set nets in Maine’s rivers to fish for the state’s most valuable catch. No, not the iconic lobster, but tiny glass eels that fetch wholesale prices topping $2,000 per pound.