date:May 23, 2013
r fishery included keeping the status quo, closing the fishery, or setting a catch quota or a combination thereof.
Tuesdays meeting took place in Alexandria, Va.
The debate is being closely watched by Maine fishermen who catch elvers as they swim up coastal rivers each spring and by dealers who sell the alien-looking creatures to fish farms in Asia, where they are grown to market size.
Catch prices in Maine have spiked in the past couple of years to more than $2,000 a pound. Last years harve