FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, elver fishermen set up a net on the Penobscot River in Brewer, Maine. Maine fishermen are taking to rivers and streams in the state to fish for baby eels in a ...

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HAMPTON FALLS - Two men from Maine accused of poaching eels in New Hampshire have been released from jail and will be arraigned next month after their arrests last week. Matthew Kinney, 29, of Bremen, ...

MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, Maine (WABI) - The Maine Warden Service says it recently busted a large poaching ring on Mount Desert Island. They say it started when a community member suspected a deer had been ...

Maine's lucrative baby eel industry will likely face tighter controls this year designed to thwart poaching. Baby eels, called elvers, are an important part of the worldwide supply chain for Japanese ...

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine’s lucrative baby eel industry will likely face tighter controls this year designed to thwart poaching, as officials consider requiring state law enforcement officers to ...