Two articles on the eel fishery and illegal trade of glass eels have been published on the Guardian Environmental Blogs. Despite fishing quotas and trade restrictions tons of European eels are illegally exported to lucrative Asian markets.

Read the articles about the illegal eel trade theguardian.com:

Part I – Illegal eel: black market continues to taint Europe’s eel fishery

Part II – Illegal eel: who is pilfering Europe’s catch?

In the second article, NRRV (eng. River Ecology and Management Research Group at Karlstad University) collaborator Florian Stein‘s work in Hong Kong is cited.