Eels

Joost Blom, BioMar’s resident eel feed expert, sheds some light on the challenges that need to be overcome to ensure a sustainable increase in farming one of the planet’s most mysterious fish

BioMar has decided to increase its output of feed for a range of juvenile fish and those grown in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS), by adding a new line to its aquafeed factory in Denmark.

Work on a new 37-acre plant that will produce 200,000 tonnes of Calystas FeedKind protein for the aquafeed industry began this week.

CANADA - Enterra Feed Corporation has received approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to sell its Whole Dried Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a feed ingredient for salmonids, including …

NETHERLANDS - Wageningen University is planning to further expand its eel research in 2017.

SWEDEN - Deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in wildlife is previously known as a problem among certain species within relatively limited geographical areas. Now, researchers at Stockholm University, …

DENMARK - Rearing European eels in captivity throughout their life cycle in a complex task, hampered by our lack of knowledge about several phases of their life cycle. Recently published research has …

INDIA - Scientists from Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered at least two new species of eel fish, within last ten months, from the Bay of Bengal along the West Bengal coast, writes Basude…

NETHERLANDS - People who eat a lot of eel from polluted rivers in the Netherlands have high levels of dioxin- and PCB-like substances in their systems. This finding comes from a study by PhD researche…

US - New research has revealed that eels do make leaping attacks out of the water. This discovery confirms a 200-year-old story by Alexander von Humboldt.

This World Fish Migration Day, the importance of maintaining healthy and connected rivers and streams for species that occupy both fresh and marine waters is being highlighted across the globe. Togeth…

DENMARK - For the first time, it has been shown that eels from the Mediterranean Sea are able find their way through the Strait of Gibraltar to the Atlantic and potentially reach the Sargasso Sea to s…

UK - New research has found that overfished species of tuna and eel are among the sushi dishes being served up without adequate labelling information to consumers.

MALAYSIA - The Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and Kinki University, Japan have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to establish UMS-Kinki University Aquaculture Development Centre in Malaysia for …

JAPAN - Kinki University has attracted much attention for becoming the first in the world to produce farmed bluefin tuna, but recently it has also succeeded in producing something else - catfish that …

IRELAND - A new collaborative research initiative, involving Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) scientists and a number of former eel fishermen, aims to further develop national knowledge of eels and thei…

US - The electric eel may be one of the most remarkable predators in the entire animal kingdom. That is the conclusion of Kenneth Catania, Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt Univ…

CANADA - After more than a century of speculation, researchers have finally proved that American eels really do migrate to the Sargasso Sea to reproduce.

JAPAN - Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) has been eaten in Japan since ancient times. Traditionally considered a source of nourishment, its consumption is also a much-cherished custom, especially duri…

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Researchers from the Dominican Republic have successfully completed the first phase of a research project to determine the population status of the American eel.