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Customs stops eel fry smuggling

Manila, Philippines – Less than a month after six endangered rhinoceros horns were seized, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) stopped the smuggling of 13 boxes of elvers or eel fry weighing a total of 25 kilos and valued at P1 million to China at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last Sunday. var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true,"data_track_addressbar":true,"data_track_textcopy":true,"ui_atversion":"300"}; var... 

Smuggling of eel fingerlings stopped

Manila, Philippines – Officials of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource (BFAR) yesterday stopped the illegal shipment of some two million elvers or eel fingerlings to Hong Kong.  Read More »

BFAR bans eel fry exports

Manila, Philippines – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has forbidden the export of elvers, or young eels, in an effort to stop the depletion of the species, believed by many Asians to be an aphrodisiac. Incoming search terms:eel fry (25) Read More »