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eel
eel Marine and freshwater fish found worldwide in shallow temperate and tropical waters. Eels have snake-like bodies, dorsal and anal fins continuous with the tail, and an air bladder connected to the throat. Length: up to 3m (10ft). Types include freshwater, moray and conger. Order Anguilliformes.
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EEL FISH BREEDING GAINS POPULARITY
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter; 1/14/1991; 700+ words
; Eel fish breeding seems to be gaining popularity...last September, eight investment projects in eel fish breeding with an average planned investment...country's production by 320 tons of fresh eel fish and 1,228 tons of smoked eel fish annually...
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Eel: Americans are overcoming their squeamishness as the sushi craze reintroduces this slithery fish.(Product Spotlight)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...taught settlers to capture eels from muddy river bottoms. "Eel rapidly became a staple...This year's U.S. eel imports through August...last year. The farmed eels from China are primarily...the American East Coast eel, Anguilla rostrata...
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Eel-good factor
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 12/18/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...die of disease. The eel catchers of the East Anglian fens (eels from Ely, geddit...scarcely exists. Jellied eels we all know about...but where are the eel pies, the eel puddings...its sign shows an eel peering from an old...when cargoes of eels were sent from Holland...
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Squealing over eels
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 1/19/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...with the classroom eels, organizers said...is heading up the eel project for Arlington...evolve into a "glass" eel - so called because...transparent. The glass eels move into estuaries...of total East Coast eel harvest, Mr. Whiteford said. In fact, eels are the fourth most...
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Eels are in danger of slipping off the menu
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 6/17/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Supermarkets sold 80 tons of eels last year - an increase...However, European eel stocks have plummeted...areas in England where eels can be caught and...licences it awards for eel fishing. Although...shops and jellied eel stalls in the capital...A bowl of jellied eels from a stall ...
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Demand for eels booming, but U.S. production is small.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs; 5/29/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...hatcheries. The worldwide eel aquaculture industry has...on harvesting the glass eels from the wild for stocking in ponds. The glass eel supply available for catch...potential for aquaculture of eels, but they are not encouraging...operators to establish eel farms. They feel current...
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EEL GRASS STUDY SEES SOME SIGNS OF HEALTH
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/25/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Protection Agency, has been studying eel grass along the North Shore since...for new growth," Buchsbaum said. Eel grass, he explained, is an excellent...in the darkenend folds, including eels. "When eel grass disappears, you know you...
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European eel population collapsing
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/13/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Belgium and Portugal eel is stewed; in France...wine; in Spain, glass eels are eaten as appetizers; in Italy eel is a traditional dish...European fishers _ glass eels are caught mostly on...industry is fragmented. Eel fishers use different...
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Eel makes for tasty meal in summer.
Newspaper article from: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates); 7/30/2008; 700+ words
; ...hit the shelves in Japan this month. The eel a Eels are a species of fish that live in shallow waters...at the sandy bottom of the oceans. The holes eels dwell in are called eel pits. Some eels get into fresh water. Freshwater eels are the...
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Eels face extinction as numbers drop by 99 per cent in 20 years Endangered species Fishing ban proposed as populations across Europe suffer dramatic decline in stocks
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 11/30/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...fishermen and poachers. Young eel, known as glass eels or elvers, are caught by the ton for eel farms, but they are also...is worsened because adult eels live for up to 15 years before...sea to mate and spawn, so eel populations can take several...
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True Eels
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...America. American eels spends almost all...this species of eel runs to the sea and...that newly hatched eel larvae were observed...Sargasso Sea. Freshwater eels are an economically...region. The conger eels (Congeridae) also...species is the conger eel (Conger conger...
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eels
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
eels 1. ( arrowtooth eel ) See DYSOMMIDAE . 2. ( common eel ). See ANGUILLIDAE . 3. ( conger eel ) See CONGRIDAE . 4. ( cusk-eel ) See OPHIDIIDAE . 5. ( cut-throat eel ) See SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE . 6. ( deep-sea eel ) See SERRIVOMERIDAE...
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Swamp Eels
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...significantly different from eels internally and can breathe air...months. All 15 species of swamp eels have one or two gill openings...One such species is the rice eel. Fish of this species live in...damp. Interestingly, when rice eels reproduce, which is during the...
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Eel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...still-warm heart of an eel will be seized with the...predict things to come. Eels figure in the folklore...Egyptians worshiped the eel, which their priests...In the Philippines, eels were believed to be the...In New Zealand, an eel head was eaten to cure...
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Eel Grass
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Eel Grass Eel grasses (or eelgrasses) are 18-22 species of herbaceous aquatic plants...in the genus Zostera . However, some plant systematists have treated the eel grasses as a component of a much larger family, the pondweeds or Potamogetonaceae...
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