Eel and eel fry sales generate more than one million euros in Spain.

Sales of glass eels generated one million euros in 2025, with an average price of 430 euros per kilo, while the commercialization of eels amounted to 80,000 euros, with an average price of 14 euros/kilo. The figures, provided to Efeagro by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), reflect the declared sales notes. They indicate that 60 tons of eel were commercialized in Spain, while in the case of glass eel the economic value is higher despite the volume sold being much lower, below three tons. The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Miteco) will propose at the next Committee of Flora and Fauna, to be held on February 17, declaring the eel "endangered" within the List of Wild Species under Special Protection Regime (Lespre). It is a unique species that during its breeding season, as glass eel, migrates thousands of kilometers between European rivers and their spawning areas in the Atlantic and can even snake across land to cross from ...