Changes in Ocean Conditions in Sargasso Sea Potential Cause for Decline in Eel Fishery

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The American eel fishery like that of the european eel is in decline. (Credit: US Fish Wildlife Service)
The American eel fishery, like that of the european eel, is in decline. (Credit: US Fish & Wildlife Service)

American eels are fast disappearing from restaurant menus as stocks have declined sharply across the North Atlantic. While the reasons for the eel decline remain as mysterious as its long migrations, a recent study by a NOAA scientist and colleagues in Japan and the United Kingdom says shifts in ocean-atmosphere conditions may be a primary factor in declining reproduction and survival rates.


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