Exploring Japanese eel farming, fully cultivating mass production and conservation in parallel: reducing wild fishing, and developing artificial eel seedlings towards commercialization

Under the attack of environmental damage, climate change and overfishing, in recent decades, the catch of Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica, commonly known as white eel), the largest eel farmed, has dropped sharply to less than one-tenth of its previous peak. .To expand the development of the eel industry in the future, a two-pronged approach must be taken to move towards the goal of commercial mass production of fully artificial breeding and develop eel resources; at the same time, establish a fishing traceability system to reduce the fishing volume and protect more than 35% of the eel seedlings from growing smoothly, which will help wild eel seedlings grow smoothly. Sustainable development of eel resources. Eels are migratory fish. Unlike salmon, which swim upstream to rivers to lay eggs, eels swim from rivers into the sea to lay eggs. Every year, they lay eggs and hatch in the waters near the Mariana Trench, which is more than 3,000 kilometers away from Taiwan. The final Japanese ...