Sun Zhaoqun , Wan Rong , Zhu Yugui , Talib Kalhoro Muhammad , Moshin Muhammad

College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China Qingdao, 266100, China
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International Journal of Marine Science, 2015, Vol. 5, No. 17   doi: 10.5376/ijms.2015.05.0017
Received: 09 Jan., 2015    Accepted: 28 Feb., 2015    Published: 24 Mar., 2015

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Zhaoqun et al., 2015, Analysis on Global Eel Aquaculture Conditions, International Journal of Marine Science, Vol.5, No.17 (doi: 10.5376/ijms.2015.05.0017)

This paper analyzes some variation in the global eel industry and the main producing countries (regions) of eel production trends based on the 1950-2012 global eel production data. The results show that in 1950-2012, the overall global eel production rose rapidly. The world's major producing countries (regions) were variable during different periods, and the industry concentration of the global eel industry shows a very high feature. China ranks first in the global eel production since 1989 and plays a very important role in the global eel industry. About 80% of the global eel production is in China. The Changes of China's eel production has a significant effect to the global eel production. In recent years, due to the long-term high-density overfishing and environmental factors, the global eel fry recourses are becoming less and less, but it also suffered a serious "eel fry supply bottleneck". Currently, the best way to promote the development of eel aquaculture industry is improving its technical efficiency.

Eels; Production; Aquaculture; China