Paul Firminger holds an elver in his hand at South Shore Trading Co., an elver buying station, in Portland, Maine, May 11, 2012. May 31 marks the end of what has become a Gold Rush for a small group of Maine fishermen - the 10-week season for catching juvenile eels known as elvers, whose price has increased nearly a hundred-fold over the past decade. Photo taken May 11, 2012. REUTERS/Joel Page (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS BUSINESS FOOD SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)