Indonesian glass eel smuggling rampant

Indonesian glass eel smuggling rampant

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo taken July 11, 2013, shows eels that were farmed on Indonesia's Java island. Amid dwindling eel stocks in Japan and other East Asian countries, the continued demand for juvenile eels has led to an increase in smuggling glass eels from Indonesia to Japan and China, prompting Jakarta to toughen regulations.

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