Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Project to reproduce European eel in captivity includes Spain

A team of researchers from the Institute of Animal Science and Technology (ICTA), of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), participate in the PRO-EEL project, an initiative funded by the European Union (EU) which aims to successfully breed European eels in captivity.

This project is important to combat the critical state of eel stocks, "which have declined significantly and is reaching a situation that even casts doubt on their survival." The eel was recently included on a list of threatened species by the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES). Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.

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