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Launch of 1st sales of fully farmed eels

Launch of 1st sales of fully farmed eels

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, shows a fillet of grilled eel from an eel hatched and fully raised on a farm. Trial sales of the world's first fully farmed eels began the same day.

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Launch of 1st sales of fully farmed eels

Launch of 1st sales of fully farmed eels

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, shows a fillet of grilled eel from an eel hatched and fully raised on a farm. Trial sales of the world's first fully farmed eels began the same day.

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Launch of 1st sales of fully farmed eels

Launch of 1st sales of fully farmed eels

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, shows a fillet of grilled eel from an eel hatched and fully raised on a farm. Trial sales of the world's first fully farmed eels began the same day.

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Launch of 1st sales of fully farmed eels

Launch of 1st sales of fully farmed eels

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, shows a package of grilled eel from an eel hatched and fully raised on a farm. Trial sales of the world's first fully farmed eels began the same day.

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Underwater Sealife in World Famous Anilao Dive Spot - Philippines

Underwater Sealife in World Famous Anilao Dive Spot - Philippines

A Moray Eel in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. Anilao is wellknown for the quality and richness of its underwater seabed. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The image of eel

The image of eel

The image of eel=November 27,2025,Japan

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Trade curbs on all eels rejected

Trade curbs on all eels rejected

The parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating the international trade of endangered species, hold a plenary session in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Dec. 4, 2025. A proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, was formally rejected during the session.

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Trade curbs on all eels rejected

Trade curbs on all eels rejected

The parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating the international trade of endangered species, hold a plenary session in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Dec. 4, 2025. A proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, was formally rejected during the session.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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Global eel trade may be regulated

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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Global eel trade may be regulated

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 early December on a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions.

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Global eel trade may be regulated

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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Washington Convention to discuss eel trade regulations

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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Washington Convention to discuss eel trade regulations

Washington Convention to discuss eel trade regulations

A conference of the parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, begins in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 24, 2025. 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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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Seafood Export

Seafood Export

Workers are processing eel scale fish segments for export in the workshop of Qingdao Xinhaifeng Food Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province, China on November 12, 2025

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Eel-eating day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, July 20 Kyodo - A cook grills eel at his restaurant in Tokyo on July 19, 2025, a day for eating eel in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Eel-eating day in Japan

Eel-eating day in Japan

People queue at an eel restaurant in Narita near Tokyo on July 19, 2025, a day for eating eel in Japan.

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Eel-eating day in Japan

Eel-eating day in Japan

A cook grills eel at his restaurant in Narita near Tokyo on July 19, 2025, a day for eating eel in Japan.

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Eel-eating day in Japan

Eel-eating day in Japan

A cook grills eel at his restaurant in Tokyo on July 19, 2025, a day for eating eel in Japan.

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Eel-eating day in Japan

Eel-eating day in Japan

A cook grills eel at his restaurant in Tokyo on July 19, 2025, a day for eating eel in Japan.

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Eel-eating day in Japan

Eel-eating day in Japan

A cook grills eel at his restaurant in Tokyo on July 19, 2025, a day for eating eel in Japan.

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Underwater Life in Philippines

Underwater Life in Philippines

A Giant Moray Eel on a reef in Dauin, Negros, Philippines on February 2025. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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