There’s gold in them thar eels
Christine Keene of Lubec, Maine, checked one of her mother’s glass eel nets in the Penobscot River.
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| May 18, 2013
Coveted by the Japanese, small glass eels have made a number of Maine fishermen rich. These glass eels were caught in Maine’s Penobscot River.
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| May 18, 2013
Marine Patrol Specialist Colin MacDonald monitored eel fishing activity near the Penobscot River.
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| May 18, 2013
MacDonald stands by the Penobscot River in Brewer, Maine, looking toward the Bangor side.
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| May 18, 2013
Nathan Murphy, of Princeton, Maine, checked his net for glass eels in the Penobscot River.
Fred Field For The Boston Globe
| May 18, 2013
Eel buyer Joe Peaslee, of Jefferson, Maine, waited all night for eel fishermen to sell their catch.
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| May 18, 2013
Harvey Curtis, 66, hopes the state's eel fishery will remain open because of the “poverty down this way; people need the money.”
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| May 18, 2013
Darrell Young of Waltham, Maine, held a small glass eel he had caught in the Penobscot River in Veazie, Maine.
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| May 18, 2013
Angela Young and her husband, Darrell, checked a glass eel catch on the Penobscot River last week.
Fred Field For The Boston Globe
| May 18, 2013
