The Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica), Japan's most expensive food fish, is listed as Endangered due to habitat loss, overfishing, migration barriers, pollution, and changes to oceanic currents.
Sources
- IUCN Red List raises more red flags for threatened species (iucn.org)
- https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/japan-looks-at-alternatives-after-eel-red-listed (seafoodsource.com)
- https://thefishsite.com/articles/japan-pushes-eel-farming-after-endangered-species-red-list-placing (thefishsite.com)
- https://www.cms.int/news/european-eel-remains-critically-endangered-latest-iucn-red-list (cms.int)
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