Europe Tries to Save Its Eels

摘要

On a sunny morning this spring, German agriculture minister Use Aigner waded into the controversy over how to save the European eel. With several Berlin fishers, she helped release 65,000 young eels, called elvers, into the Havel River, which flows through Germany's capital city. Sporting rubber boots and a smile, Aigner gamely emptied her net of writhing fish into the cloudy river water. She then posed with the fishers, holding up a T-shirt that read "Eel Rescuer" and "Thank you for stocking eels!"