EU proposes global eel trade curbs despite Japan's opposition

The European Union on Friday submitted a proposal to impose export restrictions on all eel species under an international treaty regulating endangered species trade, despite strong opposition from Japan.If adopted at the conference of the parties to the Washington Convention in Uzbekistan later this year, the proposal, set to take effect in June 2027, would require proof of legal capture and an export permit issued by the exporting country for Japanese eel and other species."We have sufficient numbers of Japanese eels, and there is no risk of extinction," Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koiz…READ FULL ARTICLE