FILE - Darrell Young and his son, Dustin, set up a fyke net to capture baby eels migrating upstream on the Penobscot River in Brewer, Maine, in this May 15, 2021 file photo. Regulators are deciding whether to allow the country's only baby eel fishery to continue fishing at current levels. The fish are worth $2,000 per pound. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
FILE - In this Friday, March 24, 2012, file photo, a man holds elvers, young, translucent eels, in Portland, Maine. Baby eels are the most lucrative fishery in the state on a per-pound basis, typically sold as seed stock to Asian aquaculture companies so they can be raised to maturity and processed into food. Often, they're worth more than $2,000 per pound. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
FILE - In this Sunday, May 5, 2019 file photo, a bag of baby eels is prepared for packing in Waldoboro, Maine. The eels are shipped to aquaculture farms in Asia. The tiny fish are crucial to the worldwide sushi supply chain and they are caught only by Maine fishermen.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)
FILE - In this Thursday, March 23, 2012 file photo, Bruce Steeves uses a lantern to look for young eels known as elvers on a river in southern Maine. Fishermen in the state are hopeful the state's lucrative baby eel fishing season, which starts in a few days, will retain its ability to fish for a long time to come. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
FILE - Baby eels swim in a tank after being caught in the Penobscot River in Brewer, Maine, on May 15, 2021. The tiny fish are crucial to the worldwide sushi supply chain and they are caught only by Maine fishermen. Often, they're worth more than $2,000 per pound. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)