Japan Faces Record Low Eel Catch, Renewing Stock Fears
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [AFP] By Miwa Suzuki - April 13, 2018
Japan is on track for a record low catch of baby eels this year, renewing fears about declining stocks of the endangered fish, a favoured summer delicacy for Japanese.
At the end of March, Japan had 8.8 tons of baby "Anguilla japonica" eels in culture ponds, including imports from China, Taiwan and South Korea, according to a preliminary tally by the fisheries agency.
That is a plunge from more than 18 tons logged at the same time in the ...
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