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Fly Rod · 04-07-2005, 08:21 AM

Those of us that use eels for striped bass fishing or any other fishing may see a scarcity of the slimey creatures in the bait shops and of course a higher price !!!

This all has to do with the demand of the "Glass EEL" in Japan ,Taiwan and other Asian countries!!!! Some of us are saying what is a glass eel and others are saying I don't use glass eels!!! The glass eel is the "American EEL" in it's inmature stage (baby)!!!!! With the demand of the glass eel on the black market and the illegal taking of them in this country has lead to the decline of mature eels!!!!

The Marine Fisheries Commssion will be taking one of two steps!!

1 An Addendum, which can fast track management measures!!!! If the commission takes this route there could be new rules and regulations in effect within 2-6 months!!!!!

2 An Amendment to the fishery will expand the time frame of taking effect probably into the 2006 season before we feel the impact!!!!

04-07-2005, 08:21 AM	#1
Fly Rod Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gloucester Massachusetts Posts: 2,678	Glass EEL Those of us that use eels for striped bass fishing or any other fishing may see a scarcity of the slimey creatures in the bait shops and of course a higher price !!! This all has to do with the demand of the "Glass EEL" in Japan ,Taiwan and other Asian countries!!!! Some of us are saying what is a glass eel and others are saying I don't use glass eels!!! The glass eel is the "American EEL" in it's inmature stage (baby)!!!!! With the demand of the glass eel on the black market and the illegal taking of them in this country has lead to the decline of mature eels!!!! The Marine Fisheries Commssion will be taking one of two steps!! 1 An Addendum, which can fast track management measures!!!! If the commission takes this route there could be new rules and regulations in effect within 2-6 months!!!!! 2 An Amendment to the fishery will expand the time frame of taking effect probably into the 2006 season before we feel the impact!!!!