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Virginia Man Is Eel King in Mount Holly
George Robberecht a 64 year old Dutch immigrant built a Mt Holly Virginia eel empire processing two million pounds yearly from Maine to Florida and shipping mostly to Europe He is hailed as the Eel King by officials of the national marine fisheries service His son devised a slime removing chemical giving the business an edge across the industry
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Mount Holly
George Robberecht
Potomac River
America
Robberecht
Maine
Florida
National Marine Fisheries Service
Europe
United States
Charles Wenner
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Wenner
Netherlands
Cape Charles
Canada
U.S
George, Jr
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay