Talk:European eel

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I heard that eels can travel over land for quite long distances, but haven't found anything on this page. Is it true? 78.21.36.86 12:24, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes they can especialy on dark rainy nights around september they are known to migrate overland. That way they are able to reach isolated water bodies and they can also migrate back to the sea when they have matured.

This page is pretty unstructured and contains some loose remarks that are unfounded. If I can find the time I want to translate the dutch page to the English, which is much more elaborate.Viridiflavus (talk) 20:13, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

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As food

There should be a section on how they are cooked (or smoked) for human consumption, since this is virtually unknown in the U.S.

PS: This article about their migration to and from the Sargasso may be of interest — if you read German. Title: "Die unglaubliche Reise der Aale" — "The unbelievable Journey of Eels." Sca (talk) 14:38, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

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Lede needs expansion

The lede should note aspects of popular interest, such as millennia of puzzlement over reproduction etc. For inspiring examples, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0UIJekwyPY&ab_channel=AtomicFrontier ★NealMcB★ (talk) 18:30, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Data issues under "Industry" section

Hi, I've been updating fish production charts with FAO data and I was going to do it here, but first I want to clarify the following:

- The aquaculture ("farmed") production charts seem way too high: aquaculture production of European eel is around 5k-10k according to FAO (see e.g. https://www.fao.org/fishery/docs/CDrom/aquaculture/I1129m/file/en/en_europeanee.htm and my updated chart here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_eel_total_production_thousand_tonnes_1950-2022.svg)

- Unless the current chart includes more than the single European eel species, it looks wrong (peak of 100k+ tonnes annually)

- Also, the chart called "Total production of European eel in thousands of tonnes as reported by the FAO, 1950–2010" is redundant, as it is simply a combination of the two charts under "Global production of European eels in tonnes as reported by the FAO" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pamdex (talk • contribs) 16:29, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

- Also, according to FAO data, Sweden has never been a significant producer of farmed European eel (its highest share of world production for the species was 3.27% in 1988), so the country shouldn't be highlighted on the "Main European countries producing farmed European eel" map

- 7 countries are responsible for virtually the entire (97.9% on average for 2018-2022) global farmed European eel production: Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Greece, Spain, Morocco. The map should thus be updated to remove Sweden and add Morocco (see: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_eel_aquaculture_by_country.png)

- Thus, based on the above, the sentence "Eel aquaculture is most prominent in Japan, yet China, Scandinavia, Europe, Australia, Morocco, and Taiwan also participate in this practice" is mostly wrong. I assume it is above eels in general, and not European Eel specifically

Pamdex (talk) 22:56, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Something like an 'Importance' Paragraph

Basically, I would like to know whether these are THE European Eels, as in the most common, or maybe even only, sort of eel in Europe, or just AN Eel in Europe with a slightly awkward name. This feels especially relevant given their endangeredness. 2A02:AA15:927D:6C80:697E:B392:5136:8548 (talk) 12:52, 31 May 2025 (UTC)