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Richard Huggett 1
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I received this today from Brian Crawford....
" AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Eels are in trouble.
The slithery, snakelike fish is in drastic decline on both sides of the Atlantic and the European Union is considering emergency action to save it.
Dutch biologist Willem Dekker says the eel population dropped to just ten percent of its former number in the past half century, and now it's dropping to just one percent.
The blame goes variously to global warming, changes in ocean current and overharvesting.
Eels are big with sushi lovers. The Dutch, Germans and Scandinavians eat it smoked. And the French fancy it with spinach and white wine.
The price has tripled in the past three years to more than 300 dollars a pound. Dekker knew there was trouble when a poacher with a baseball bat mugged him for some baby eels he'd collected for research. "
Can you believe that last paragraph ??
What is happening to our world..
" AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Eels are in trouble.
The slithery, snakelike fish is in drastic decline on both sides of the Atlantic and the European Union is considering emergency action to save it.
Dutch biologist Willem Dekker says the eel population dropped to just ten percent of its former number in the past half century, and now it's dropping to just one percent.
The blame goes variously to global warming, changes in ocean current and overharvesting.
Eels are big with sushi lovers. The Dutch, Germans and Scandinavians eat it smoked. And the French fancy it with spinach and white wine.
The price has tripled in the past three years to more than 300 dollars a pound. Dekker knew there was trouble when a poacher with a baseball bat mugged him for some baby eels he'd collected for research. "
Can you believe that last paragraph ??
What is happening to our world..