International Conference Rejects Blanket Restriction on Eel Trade
Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator 
London, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)--Signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known as the Washington convention, voted at a committee meeting on Thursday to reject a proposal to restrict the trade of all eel species, including the Japanese eel. The proposal was submitted by the European Union and others, and Japan opposed it, arguing that...
