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Japan, neighbors agree on measures to protect eels

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"The Japanese eel is a popular summertime delicacy". If local eels knew what was in store for them, shivers would be slithering up and down their spines. Because on the Day of the Ox, the eels get the ax.

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only 20% for one year? seems like it will hardly make any difference at all.

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Eels win appeal as attendees reveal they feel a need to congeal on the, uh, elvers.

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Another fantastic step towards slightly preserving a resource .

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why not Delphinidae?

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I live in Shizuoka, lots of eel shops, so I asked a few students if they would consider temporarily trying to reduce their own consumption of eel, such as only having it one a year for the 'eel day' in order to let the supplies replenish, so that the tradition can continue for generations to come. I thought it could be an interesting conversation topic. The answers were just plain 'no'

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What? Japan isn't going to use the "lethal research eeling" loophole to keep the status quo? ;)

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Damn tasty. China was just busted by the EU for illegal exports, Japan being the destination. I remember when there were debates about wild vs. farmed, then farmed imported vs. farmed domestic. These days, eel-lovers take what they can get. The cut is good news, but it should be extended.

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"I live in Shizuoka, lots of eel shops, so I asked a few students if they would consider temporarily trying to reduce their own consumption of eel, such as only having it one a year for the 'eel day' in order to let the supplies replenish, so that the tradition can continue for generations to come. I thought it could be an interesting conversation topic. The answers were just plain 'no'

Me first, lol

"China was just busted by the EU for illegal exports, Japan being the destination"

That must have been the fairly reasonably-priced unagi I've bought at the supermarket ( 980 yen for a nice big piece, enough to make two nice unadons )..

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the agreement with China, South Korea and Taiwan, reached Wednesday,

So, they can all get along when they recognize a shared interest.

Good.

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Too bad this article doesn't go on to say why the eel population is down. It's not over fishing, it's the destruction of the habitat by cementing all their rivers here. If they really wanted to do something that would improve the population, they should restore the rivers back to a natural state but then the construction lobby won't get their cut and we all know they are an extremely big lobby.

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Whatsnext:

Too bad this article doesn't go on to say why the eel population is down. It's not over fishing, it's the destruction of the habitat by cementing all their rivers here. If they really wanted to do something that would improve the population, they should restore the rivers back to a natural state but then the construction lobby won't get their cut and we all know they are an extremely big lobby.

Yes, I'm sure construction companies in Japan would hate having to spend the next 150 years having to excavate all of the rivers in Japan to remove all the concrete and return things to their natural habitat. I bet they're lobbying night and day to prevent the government from giving them a trillion dollars to start that massive project. Especially when you consider all the other work they'd have to do when the rivers overflow like in the good old days and wash cities into the sea. I'm sure the construction lobby would HATE having to take on all that reconstruction work...

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