Growing consumption of the American eel may lead to it being critically endangered, study finds
High demand for eel combined with a decline in stock have resulted in soaring prices for this food item, which, in many ...
Earth.com22h
Eel trade is pushing another species to the brink
The global trade is shifting focus from the critically endangered European eel to the American eel, raising new conservation ...
Science Daily3d
Growing consumption of the American eel may lead to it being critically endangered like its European counterpart
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 gripping ‘Slippery Beast’ is part crime tale, part natural history
Ellen Ruppel Shell takes a deep dive into the facts, figures and fascinating people that swirl around the intriguing eel.
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American Eel Faces Endangerment Amid Rising Consumption
High demand for eel combined with decline in stock have resulted in soaring prices for this food item, which in many cultures ...
Technology Networks4d
Singaporeans’ High Appetite For Eel May Pose Extinction Threat
European eel juveniles continue to be smuggled out of the EU to Asia where they are grown in eel farms until reaching a ...
The Jamaica Observer26d
‘Liquid gold’
The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) — which is native to the eastern United States and the Caribbean — is present in Jamaican waters, though the extent of its distribution across the island ...
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Fyke net trials
sinensis in the River Thames and found that exploitation of eels could provide: benefits to local fishermen ... mitten crab fishery is that it could deplete the Thames population of Anguilla anguilla ...
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Growing consumption of the American eel may lead to it being critically endangered like its European counterpart
Current research has focused on the critically endangered Anguilla anguilla, commonly known as the European eel. While its export outside the European Union is tightly regulated, large quantities ...