elver

noun

el·ver ˈel-vər

: a young eel

specifically : a small immature catadromous eel chiefly of fresh and brackish water

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In Sweden, they might be smoked, braised in beer, or fried in butter; in Italy, boiled in tomato sauce; in England, jellied in stock, or fried with eggs into an elver cake. —

Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 18 May 2020 The season for baby eels, called elvers, was scheduled to begin Sunday. —

USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2020 The elvers are subject to strict quotas designed to prevent overfishing. —

USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020 The state caps the total number of elver licenses at 425. —

USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020 The spokeswoman said that a third Chinese national had escaped from the airport, leaving another suitcase containing an additional 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of elvers. —

Julie Zaugg, CNN, 31 Oct. 2019 One of the kingpins was a Maine dealer named Bill Sheldon, who years earlier had taught fellow fishermen how to catch the tiny translucent elvers swimming upstream by moonlight. —

National Geographic, 27 June 2018 Court records show that Sheldon worked with a network of elver fishermen and dealers up and down the East Coast to smuggle eels to Asia. —

National Geographic, 27 June 2018 The elver fishery is tightly regulated to deter poaching because of the high value of the baby fish. —

Washington Post, 23 May 2018 See More

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