Photo: Arctic treat

Young Yoon of the Oriental Shopping Center in Anchorage shows off Alaska eels last month in Anchorage. The eels - more precisely, Arctic lampreys - were harvested on the frozen Yukon River in mid-November. This year the Yukon eel season has taken a new twist. In what state biologists are calling a first, a commercial buyer is paying $1.25 a pound for the oily fish and flying them to markets in South Korea. Some were available briefly for consumers in Anchorage.

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