Pay attention to the 2025 eel fry fishing season
As the earliest region to start fishing for eel fry, Taiwan has gone against the strong start of previous years. After a week of fishing, there are few boats in Taiwan going out to catch eel fry
Very few, with less than 200 eel fry caught, and only 4 Japanese eel fry. Local businesses in Taiwan analyzed this phenomenon and stated that it is influenced by sea conditions,
Secondly, the migration time of eel fry this season will be postponed.
Three days before the start of the fishing season (November 1-3), due to typhoons, there were no ships going out to sea in Taiwan.
On November 4th, due to damage to fishing nets caused by tree branches at sea, Pingtung County had no boats going out to sea, and Yilan County only deployed a small number of hand fishing nets for fishing.
On the evening of November 5th, only a few ships from Yilan and Pingtung set sail, capturing only flower eel fry and not Japanese eel fry.
On the evening of November 6th, neither Pingtung nor Yilan had any boats going out to sea, and Yilan's hand fishing net only caught one or two eel fry. Industry insiders indicate that the delayed migration time of eel fry may have an impact
Open up to catch fish. Professor Han's team from National Taiwan University plans to conduct a second trial of capture, and they provided two days (5th to 6th) of capture in Wushi Port, Yilan County
Fishing situation: Due to sea conditions, only 6 ships went out to sea on the first day, capturing only about 50 flower eel fry and no Japanese eel fry.
On the evening of November 7th, Yilan County set sail on three ships and captured 132 juvenile flower eels and 4 juvenile Japanese eels. Local officials reiterated that this season's catch
The quantity may be low. No eel fry have been seen in the northern part of Yilan County, southern part of Pingtung County, and Hualien area.
Eel fry fishermen in Taiwan have stated that due to the impact of sea conditions, fixed nets cannot be deployed, and the catch of hand fishing nets is not as expected, with only a few flower eel fry and
Very few Japanese eel fry. And relevant parties unanimously believe that the migration time of eel fry this season will be postponed.
Whether the catch in Taiwan this season can meet expectations, and what the fishing situation for eel fry in 2025 will be, the trend still needs to be continuously monitored.
The monthly catch of eel fry in Taiwan last year was about 30 kilograms in November, 750 kilograms in December, 300 kilograms in January, and 250 kilograms in February, totaling 1.3
Ton. The capture volume is concentrated in December