Only certain ones mate. 

mowerman wrote: . A US decline in the size of cattle herds has also seen increasing demand for fresh New Zealand meat products. There was $222,654 worth of live eel exports last year, up from $132,717 in 2011.

How are these two statements related?

What?

longfin eels are going down the same path as whitebait. if things keep going the way they are we'l be lucky if we have them in 50 years time.

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Longfin Eel, Photo: Alton Perrie
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Habitat is reduced: Over 150 years of European settlement, tuna habitat has been reduced enormously as over 90% of wetlands have been destroyed, and the construction of hundreds of dams and weirs has blocked upstream migration by young eels.

Remaining habitat is polluted: Longfin eels evolved in the clean water of bush clad streams and rivers. What habitat remains has largely been altered as hills—cleared of bush for farming—progressively erode and smother the stony stream beds with silt. Animal faeces, agrichemicals, fertilizers, municipal effluent and industrial waste are pouring into our rivers in unprecedented amounts.

For forty years, under the management of the Ministry of Fisheries, commercial eel fishermen have been allowed to overexploit the eel resource: Eels were drafted into QMS after 30 years of intensive and virtually unregulated exploitation. Unfortunately, catches have continued to decline under this system—no quota for longfin eel has been met in any area, in any year, ever. These days, very few large longfins are seen, sex ratios are worryingly skewed and elver numbers are markedly less than in former times.

The longfin population is now dangerously reduced and may be approaching reproductive tipping point—recent conservation measures implemented by the Ministry are too little, too late.

We will see who's moaning in about 3 years or less ...lol.lol...3 snapper

A new pugsy in the making herby

Herbs. If you want to know the full story you will have to search for it.Was an interesting write up as well. The snapper comment was added after catchnothing referred to me as moanerman..yes he will be moaning soon as the allowance will be going down

Catchelot does have a point.... You don't seem to post anything positive.

I'm concerned about that too, but youre constantly negative about everything. Cheer up, be positive, and you'll find good things start happening