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Originally Posted by Sweetwater
If the american eel is in trouble, it would do us all well to participate in conservation. Similarly for river herring. While fisherman use a rather low percentage of eels (compared to eels used for food consumption in Europe and Asia), if we think about the future, our children, and grandchildren; we shouldn't be short-sighted here.
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Most of the eels used for food in Europe and Asia are different eels than the American Eel that we are talking about here. I forget the exact percentage, but the amount of eels used by fishermen for bait is not a small percentage of the total catch.