Eels have been a staple of European diets for millennia, from London’s jellied eels to Spanish angulas. But the world’s appetite is bringing them to the brink of extinction. European rivers once ...
The illegal trafficking of critically endangered European glass eels continues to thrive, generating up to 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion) in peak years, with more than 1 million live eels seized in ...
Stocks of eel species, most notably those in temperate Northern Hemisphere regions, have exhibited declines. These include the European eel, currently listed as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN ...
The population of American eels has declined. They need protection, conservationists say, despite their resilience.