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Maine introduces swipe cards for elver fishermen

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Published April 6, 2014 3:12pm ET
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Maine introduces swipe cards for elver fishermen
In this photo made Friday, April 4, 2014, fisherman Tim LaRochelle displays his new electronic swipe card for elver fishing in Portland, Maine, that permits him to catch elvers during the 2014 elver fishing season. Maine now requires its fishermen use the cards to record sales of the baby eels in its second most valuable fishing business, after lobstering. (AP Photo/Blake Davis) | Blake Davis

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is one of two states now using electronic swipe cards to record sales and catches in its elver fisheries.

In the baby eel fishery best known for ballooned prices, marine resource officials say the new system is crucial to applying tighter regulations that include catch limits and rules to cut down on poaching.

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