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    • For Japanese eel, the “cultured eels” on the market were captured during the glass eel stage and raised in large eel farms.

      In other words, cultured eels are a natural resource, considering their origin.

      Stocks of Japanese eel have been significantly decreased since the 1990s, and eels have now become an endangered species.

    • Dekker & Casselman, 2014, QUÉBEC EEL DECLARATION URL

    • For the conservation of eels, aquaculture that does not depend on natural resources is required.

      In this system, the eels that were born at an eel farm grow and mature enough to spawn eggs, and then those that hatch from the eggs grow and spawn.

      This system is called complete aquaculture, and the fish born and reared at the aquaculture site are called artificial seedlings.

      Let me introduce the technique of obtaining artificial seedlings.