VTDigger runs on reader support. Help us reach our goal by Dec. 31. This dead eel washed up on the shore in Alburgh. Supplied photo Jeff Medor was fishing for bowfin with his sons on Lake Champlain in ...

The European Eel is a critically endangered fish species with a dramatic decline the past 30 years, less than 5% is left of the stock. Conservation efforts have so far failed to deliver and scientific ...

KAMPONG PHLUK, Cambodia (AP) — Em Phat, 53, studies his eel tanks with the intensity of a man gambling with his livelihood. For millennia, fishermen like him have relied on the bounty of the Tonle Sap ...

A rare golden eel, long considered a good omen, returned to its native habitat one month after being captured. On October 30, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province released a golden eel with a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KAMPONG PHLUK, Cambodia (AP) — Em Phat, 53, ...

Raising eels can be profitable but it's risky. Eels are notoriously difficult and expensive to raise. They need constant pure, oxygenated water and special food and are susceptible to diseases. Phat ...