“Shrinking eel stocks and measures like fishing quotas have helped fuel a billion-dollar black market in the delicacy, dubbed “the greatest wildlife crime on the planet” by one conservationist.”
In these articles by AFP, Andrew Kerr talks about the global eel trafficking trade – and the risks it poses for all anguillid species.
“The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) organisation estimates that 23 percent of the European glass eels that float to the continent’s shores each year end up being trafficked to Asia, predominantly China.”
Read the full articles in English and French below:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211214-more-money-than-drugs-or-guns-the-illegal-eel-trade