At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international ...

TOKYO -- Some eels sold at restaurants and supermarkets in Japan are expected to fall under stricter international ...

The endangered eel will be discussed at the forum that regulates the trade of threatened wildlife in Uzbekistan next week.

Japanese eel is included on the agenda for the upcoming international conference on endangered species trade starting next week in Uzbekistan.

(Recasts, adds eel decision, quotes) By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent THE HAGUE, June 11 (Reuters) - A U.N. wildlife forum imposed trade restrictions on European eels on Monday and outlawed ...

Eels have been a staple of European diets for millennia, from London’s jellied eels to Spanish angulas. But the world’s appetite is bringing them to the brink of extinction. European rivers once ...