Japan: Rising Cost of Artificially Hatched Juvenile Eel Reduced by 90%
On February 14, the Fisheries Agency announced the interim results up to FY2020 in the agency's commissioned project, "Demonstration project of mass production system for commercialization of eel seedlings" (FY2017-23). Although the production cost per artificial seedling (artificial glass eel) of Japanese eel in FY2020 decreased by 90% from FY2016 to 3026 yen ($25.78), there is a big difference compared to the transaction price of wild seedling (wild glass eel), which was 100 to 600 yen ($.85-5.11) in the 2012-21 fishing season. Since labor...
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