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WILD NEW JERSEY: The New York Times: North Atlantic eel, which migrates into New Jersey, is disappearing due to overfishing

The New York Times: North Atlantic eel, which migrates into New Jersey, is disappearing due to overfishing

The number of young eels entering Dutch rivers has dropped to
1 percent of former levels, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
Photo credit: The New York Times

Doede Visser’s eyes grow misty when he recalls eating eel as a child.“Only the children of fishermen know what it’s like to have it, when still warm, and the skin puts a tingling feeling on your lips,” said Mr. Visser, 63. His very name, in Dutch, means fisherman, which, like many other men in the family, is what his father was.“Mother steamed the eels with butter, or baked them,” he said, a smile of satisfaction brightening his face. “Father also smoked them, always around Christmas.” Mr. Visser went into telecommunications, but two years ago, a group of eel fishermen who knew his father begged for his help. The North Atlantic eel, as much a cult as food in the Netherlands, is disappearing, mainly the result of overfishing as fresh markets for elvers, or baby eels, open in Japan and China.