How to Use elver in a Sentence

elver

noun

• Randy Bushey, of Steuben, has been fishing for elvers since 1993.
  — Patrick Whittle, The Seattle Times, 6 Aug. 2017
• The state caps the total number of elver licenses at 425.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020
• The elver fishing season begins March 22 and ends June 7.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2018
• Fishermen seek the elvers in Maine because of the fish’s role as seed stock in Asian aquaculture.
  — Washington Post, 23 May 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 season for baby eels, called elvers, was scheduled to begin Sunday.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2020
• Maine is the only U.S. state with a significant fishery for baby eels, or elvers.
  — Fox News, 11 Mar. 2018
• 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 elvers are subject to strict quotas designed to prevent overfishing.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020
• The elver fishery is tightly regulated to deter poaching because of the high value of the baby fish.
  — Washington Post, 23 May 2018
• These toothpick-size eels, also called elvers or glass eels for their translucent bodies, can bring staggering prices in Asian markets, up to $2,500 per pound in a peak market.
  — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
• Canadian elvers are currently worth about $2,000 per pound.
  — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2023
• 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
• Maine’s Department of Marine Resources allows for a total of 425 elver fishing licenses each year.
  — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2023
• 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
• Federal investigators have also cracked down on elver poaching in recent years.
  — Washington Post, 20 May 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024