To investigate the prevalence and consumption of endangered eels, a research team examined 327 individual eel products purchased across 86 retailers throughout Singapore. The team discovered ...
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species says a plan that would have restricted trade in American eels has ...
EASTHAMPTON — Several mysteries surround American eels, a species that spends a portion of its life in Massachusetts. For example, no one has ever observed the species spawn, and only one has ever ...
Unlike most eel species, which live in saltwater their entire lives, the American eel spends most of its life in freshwater before returning to the Sargasso Sea to spawn. It’s probably their final ...
Figure 1. (Top) Imports of live eel fry into East Asia from the other regions based on East Asian Customs data, 2004-2022. (Bottom) Imports of live eel fry into East Asia from the Americas based on ...
After Canada announced Tuesday it wouldn’t list the American eel under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) some First Nations people with cultural and spiritual ties to the species are questioning the ...
High demand for eel combined with decline in stock have resulted in soaring prices for this food item, which in many cultures, is considered a delicacy. This has fuelled a concern globally as the ...