The European Eel is a critically endangered fish species with a dramatic decline the past 30 years, less than 5% is left of the stock. Conservation efforts have so far failed to deliver and scientific ...

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation ES. All 19 species of Anguillid eels migrate from the sea, where they are born, to the ...

* Fishing ban unilaterally imposed as eel population slumps * Eels in sharp decline also in Asia, cause unknown * Lifecycle still a mystery, captive breeding impossible By Reed Stevenson and Catherine ...

Fishermen who harvest one of the most valuable marine species in the U.S. hoped for permission to catch more baby eels next year, but regulators said Monday the tight restrictions that have been in ...

PORTLAND, Maine — They're wriggly, they're gross and they're worth more than $2,000 a pound. And soon, fishermen might be able to catch thousands of pounds of them for years to come. Baby eels, also ...

A new financial scheme to support eel fishermen on Lough Neagh should be "urgently" reconsidered, according to a seventh generation fisherman. The Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister ...

ROCKPORT, Maine (AP) — Members of Maine's baby-eel fishing industry are expecting high prices for the tiny fish this year because of a shortage on the international market, and sushi lovers could end ...

All 19 species of Anguillid eels migrate from the sea, where they are born, to the freshwater systems in which they grow. After a period of up to 20 years, they reach maturity and return to the sea to ...