Global eel trade may be regulated

File photo taken on Nov. 23, 2025, shows Japanese eels at a restaurant in Tokyo. A conference of the parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade in endangered species, will vote in December on a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions.

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