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.
New eel species found off Thoothukudi coast is named ‘tamilicum’
THOOTHUKUDI: Scientists of ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) discovered a new eel species called ...
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Scientists alarmed by shift in eel migration patterns — here's why it matters
Scientists in Japan who noticed a drastic shift in glass eel migration patterns sounded the alarm on an underlying issue. As reported by The Japan Times earlier this month, researchers from the ...
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 ...
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Breakthrough in eel farming raises prospect of cheap eel dishes
The Fisheries Agency announced July 4 it has made significant progress in the technology to hatch eel eggs, with annual production of 40,000 to 50,000 juvenile eels now possible. Japan’s annual ...
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Kindai University succeeds in complete farming of Japanese eels
Kindai University in Osaka Prefecture said it achieved full-cycle aquaculture of Japanese eels after raising larvae from eggs spawned by artificially incubated adults. The institution said it ...
How Atlantic Canada came to rule the slimy, slippery, squirmy big business of baby eels
While practising law, Holland wanted to get into the fishing business. His first plan was to build a freshwater smolt ...
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In Japan, it eels like midsummer
Natural larvae become glass eels, which are key to securing resources. Hatching from eggs, they drift with ocean currents and become glass eels. The eels Japanese eat are raised from these glass ...