The global trade is shifting focus from the critically endangered European eel to the American eel, raising new conservation ...

"We expect this foreign fish to rapidly occupy natural wetland habitats," said Dr. Leo Nico, a biologist with the USGS Florida Caribbean Science Center in Gainesville. When was the Asian swamp eel ...

Glass eel harvest was a major reason why overfishing occurred. Fishermen exported thousands of pounds of immature eels to Asian aquaculture operations.