Washington Convention to discuss eel trade regulations

Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2025, shows the venue of a conference of the parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, beginning in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the same day. The focus of attention during the conference through early December is whether the parties will adopt a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions.

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