OTTAWA—Back in 1996, Louis MacDonald was among the first fishermen to acquire a license from Canada to catch baby eels. Over the decades, he has hired 20 people to catch and ship them to East ...
Narrator: This is the most expensive fish in Japan. In January 2018, a kilogram of these baby eels cost around $35,000. That's more than bluefin tuna, and almost as much as the price of gold at ...
Angulas are tiny. Fishers need to catch 3,000 eels to reach just 1 kilo, a task that requires spending entire nights in the water, in total darkness, braving strong tides and stormy seas.
The fishing season for baby eels is set to begin at midnight in the Maritimes, but at least one First Nation says it won’t ...
In the newspaper article that told of his passing, nothing was written about his zeal for baby eel fishing. His official obituary only mentioned juvenile eels, or elvers, in three sentences. “He had a ...
In May 2018, fisheries officers in Nova Scotia received a tip about someone emailing local fishers, offering to sell 100 kgs of baby eels at a fraction of the going wholesale price. Knowing they ...
In May 2018, fisheries officers in Nova Scotia received a tip about someone emailing local fishers, offering to sell 100 kgs of baby eels at a fraction of the going wholesale price. Knowing they ...