The Fisheries Agency announced July 4 it has made significant progress in the technology to hatch eel eggs, with annual production of 40,000 to 50,000 juvenile eels now possible. Japan’s annual ...
Juvenile eels, known as elvers, arrive in Scottish rivers and lochs after migrating more than 3,100 miles (5,000 km) from the Sargasso Sea near the Bahamas, where the animals spawn and lay eggs.