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24 cze 2022 · Organised crime groups rely on human mules with suitcases using a sophisticated method to keep the glass eels alive for up to 48 hours. Several criminal networks are responsible for trafficking these fish from Europe to Asia.
3 paź 2024 · A Europol-supported operation against glass eel trafficking involving over 30 countries worldwide has unveiled, for the first time, two new smuggling routes passing through Sub-Saharan countries. Up until now, glass eels were illegally fished in Europe, mainly in France, Spain and Portugal, and then shipped to Asia.
17 paź 2024 · An ‘Alien’-like marine creature washed ashore near Laguna Niguel over the weekend. A pair of panamic green moray eels photographed in the Sea of Cortez off La Paz, Mexico. The otherworldly ...
Gymnothorax funebris, green moray eels, can be found in the western Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Typically, these moray eels range as far north as New Jersey and as far south as Brazil. One individual was reported off the coast of Nova Scotia.
4 lip 2023 · Glass eel trafficking, sometimes known as elver trafficking, has become an extremely contentious issue in Europe. Some cultures praise the snake-like fish for its attractive appearance and...
23 lip 2024 · The illegal trade in juvenile European eels (hereafter referred to as glass eels) of the species Anguilla anguilla has been identified as the largest wildlife crime in Europe in terms of sheer profit and total number of specimens traded (Europol 2021).
Danger to humans. The Giant Moray is normally not a concern for divers, however it should never be provoked. It is a large, powerful fish with long canine teeth that can inflict serious wounds. Randall (1969) reported an attack on Vernon Brock, who speared a Giant Moray in Hawaii.
