. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities—on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737-2454). North Carolina eel fishermen are upset. In 1979 and 1980, eels were bringing fishermen $ to $ per pound and, with these prices, more fishermen began cashing in on the eel fishery. But this yea
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities—on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737-2454). North Carolina eel fishermen are upset. In 1979 and 1980, eels were bringing fishermen $ to $ per pound and, with these prices, more fishermen began cashing in on the eel fishery. But this year, early spring prices began around 90 cents per pound and rapidly plum- meted to 45 and 50 cents per pound. Now, most dealers aren't even buying eels. Fishermen wanted to know what happened to the market, so two Sea Grant Marine Advisory Services agents got on the telephone to find out. Bob Hines and John Foster contacted East Coast eel buyers and fisheries ex- port officials in the Department of Commerce. They found that the reasons for the price drop appear to in- clude a glut of small eels in the Euro- pean market, a decline in demand caused by PCB-contaminated eels ap- pearing in Europe, red sore disease showing up in North Carolina eels, a shift in the monetary exchange rate, and an unreasonably high price paid to fishermen in the two previous years. "There is still a market for large eels over three-quarters of a pound," Hines says. "But the fishermen are not catching enough of those large ones to justify ; Hines says the larger eels may have moved further inland, out of coastal fishing waters, due to unusually high salt content in the water this year. He also says that there might be too many fishermen in the business. Foster and Hines say the future price is expected to stabilize at a lower level. Prices are expected to range be- tween $.50 and $.75 per pound, depending upon supply and demand, for at least the rest of 1981. Sea Grant
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