Eels bred in captivity will be sold in Japanese shops for the first time, in a move that could ease eventually pressure on ...

Japanese eels are born far out at sea. Their larvae drift toward the coasts of East Asia, where the young eels enter rivers, ...

T he Japanese eel is big business. Japan alone consumes over 130,000 tonnes of the fish every year. Unlike such species as ...

Last week the New Bedford (Mass.) Standard had the honor of publishing a scientific story of considerable interest and special appropriateness for that oldtime fishing centre. Mrs. Marie Poland Fish, ...

Japan's fisheries ministry says consumers for the first time will be able to buy Japanese eels fully farmed from eggs with ...

For centuries, eels have kept one of nature’s most stubborn secrets. Scientists have chased answers through ancient folklore, dead ends in early experiments, and decades of missing evidence. Even with ...

Japan's fisheries agency said Tuesday it will launch the world's first sales to the public of eels hatched and fully raised ...