In the past 20 years, stocks of eels above the minimum permitted size for fishing have declined by 50% (and over the past 40 years they have fallen by as much as 75%), while glass eel stocks have declined by 95% during the same period.
In the past 20 years, stocks of eels above the minimum permitted size for fishing have declined by 50% (and over the past 40 years they have fallen by as much as 75%), while glass eel stocks have declined by 95% during the same period.