A French court sentenced eight people for smuggling eel larvae in a scheme worth over $2 million that prosecutors likened to cocaine trafficking.

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Paris (AFP) – A French court on Thursday sentenced eight people to up to five years for smuggling eel larvae destined for Asian markets, in a scheme worth about two million euros that ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Angulas are the young of the European eel. They are a delicacy in Spain, where a single kilogram can reach thousands of dollars at auction. Angulas are tiny.

In 2010, the EU banned the export of European eels. A year later, the most powerful earthquake ever in Japan (which ruptured the Fukushima nuclear plant) shut down Japan’s eel fishery.

High consumer demand for these eels, which belong to the family Anguillidae, have resulted in their being overfished. Despite the European Union’s establishment of a zero-export quota on the ...

The translucent larvae of the European eel, fished in Atlantic waters and often sent out to Asian markets, is an endangered species and its trade is prohibited. The Creteil court outside Paris ...

The translucent larvae of the European eel, fished in Atlantic waters and often sent out to Asian markets, is an endangered species and its trade is prohibited. The Creteil court outside Paris ...