Completely Farm-Bred Unagi, a World First

JoshuaInNippon writes "Japanese scientists at the National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Research Agency have reported that they successfully completed an artificial cultivation cycle for unagi, or eel — a world first. Unagi is a traditional delicacy in Japan, and can commonly be found in baked form at sushi restaurants. The fish has long been caught either matured, or still young and then fattened on farms. Sadly, as a result, natural stocks of unagi have plummeted in recent years. However, the research news indicates a future method to completely farm breed the tasty creature in mass quantity. Good news for sushi lovers, Japanese businesses, and wild eel alike."

Comments

japanese will eat anything i swear.

[timmarhy]

watch iron chef. i swear that culutre would eat anything, they make fish ice cream for cripes sake.

Re:right

[Anonymous Coward]

except that (s)he is talking about sustainably caught fish. There are 6 (I think) registered sustainable fisheries in the world, of which halibut is one. In order to legally fish them you need to work within the program and the program is set up so the fish is caught at a lower rate than what the population can sustain. Hence the term 'sustainable.' These fisheries are widely thought of as stable, the main problem is that it's limited to a handful of species.
Halibut is safe, as far as I can tell, it's no good raw, and the Japanese don't seem to like it much. They're the ones who do all the illegal fishing in international waters crap.