Thread by @Bonecondor, can’t stop thinking about how no one knows anything about where eels [...]

can’t stop thinking about how no one knows anything about where eels come from and how no eels have ever been bred in captivity

Leave me alone https://bangordailynews.com/2021/03/13/business/millions-of-baby-eels-are-caught-in-maine-each-year-but-the-fish-remains-an-enigma/

Millions of baby eels are caught in Maine each year, but the fish remains an enigma

The mysterious nature of eels, which are active at night and dormant during the day, has been perplexing for fisheries regulators who aim to protect them from overfishing or habitat degradation.

https://bangordailynews.com/2021/03/13/business/millions-of-baby-eels-are-caught-in-maine-each-year-but-the-fish-remains-an-enigma/

stop telling me I’m wrong https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2019/12/21/the-mysterious-life-and-times-of-eels

The mysterious life and times of eels

No-one knows exactly how eels reproduce. That matters for the future of the species | Christmas Specials

https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2019/12/21/the-mysterious-life-and-times-of-eels

stop commenting about eel fisheries and read the fucking links because you are wrong https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/where-do-eels-come-from

Where Do Eels Come From?

There is much to be learned from how little we know about them.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/where-do-eels-come-from

scientists in Denmark COME CLOSER to breeding eels in captivity https://www.eurofishmagazine.com/sections/country-profiles/item/748-scientists-in-denmark-come-closer-to-breeding-european-eel-in-captivity

Scientists in Denmark come closer to breeding European eel in captivity - Eurofish Magazine

Steady progress towards understanding the eel This article was featured in EUROFISH Magazine 4 / 2020. An ongoing project to further knowledge about the European eel and to close the breeding cycle...

https://www.eurofishmagazine.com/sections/country-profiles/item/748-scientists-in-denmark-come-closer-to-breeding-european-eel-in-captivity

“Full-cycle aquaculture on a commercial scale has yet to be achieved,” Hideki Tanaka, former group head at the Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency https://www.aquaculturealliance.org/advocate/reinventing-the-eel-can-the-anguilla-loop-be-closed/

Reinventing the eel: Can the Anguilla loop be closed? « Global Aquaculture Advocate

Japanese scientists have been trying to replicate spawning conditions for eels in captivity for decades. They’re getting closer, but major hurdles remain.

https://www.aquaculturealliance.org/advocate/reinventing-the-eel-can-the-anguilla-loop-be-closed/

“No one yet knows the reasons, but beginning in the mid-1980s, glass eel arrival in the spring dropped drastically — in Germany to 10% and in France to 14% of their previous levels — from even conservative estimates. “ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel_life_history

Eel life history - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel_life_history

The secret life of eels https://www.oars3rivers.org/sites/default/files/eels.pdf

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