We all know that eels are very important in Japan, and they need a lot of eels, so Japan is also the main exporter of the domestic eel industry. According to statistics, 80% of the total eels in Japan is supplied to Japan. The Japanese fishing fishery harvest for four consecutive years, in recent years the eel prices rising, the Japanese eel at every end of up to 40 yuan, a substantial reduction in the number of eel, eel raw material prices continued to rise, up to 230 thousand yuan / ton (5P specifications, the domestic aquaculture eel) production enterprises operating difficulties, most of Roasted Eel processing enterprises in production or semi shutdown state, and some even completely switch.
The national export of eel products in the previous year was 33 thousand and 800 tons and 1 billion 17 million dollars, which was reduced by 9.6% and 7.8% over the same period. Since October, the phenomenon of "seedling shortage" has been alleviated due to the great harvest of eel seedlings. The lowest eel of Japanese eel is around 4 yuan. In recent years, the eel farm, which has not been seeded or cultured, has continued to expand its seedlings. At the same time, the breeding enterprises constantly improve the culture technology, the technology development makes the raw material variety more diversified, the precision processing ratio is promoted. For example, the breeding of American eel, Philippines eel and African eel, especially the American eel breeding has been successful in Fujian. The survival rate has reached over 60%. At present, 20~30% is the American eel, and its price is about 3 thousand to 5000 yuan / ton than that of European eel.


The current problems of the eel industry in China
One is that the source of eel is limited and the industrial strength is insufficient. At present, China's eel farming mainly rely on the capture of wild eel, wild fishing has uncertainty and output volatility, is not conducive to scientific and orderly organization of production and marketing, is not conducive to the stability of the export price of eel products, but also by the impact of a river gate dam, environmental pollution, wild eel seedling number overall downward trend, worrying the prospects for sustainable development of eel aquaculture industry.
The two is the single export market and the loss of the right to price discourse. Japan is the largest consumer of eel products in the world, with an annual consumption of more than 100 thousand tons, which is 4 times the domestic consumption in China. China's eel industry is heavily dependent on the Japanese market, exports of Japanese eel products accounted for more than 50% of total exports, coupled with some of China's eel production and processing enterprises disorderly competition, lower prices with each other, therefore, although China is the world's largest exporter of eel products, but the pricing power is to control the market in japan.
Three is the worsening of the trade environment, which impede the development of the industry. At present, many kinds of eels in the world are on the verge of extinction. In the past 30 years, the number of European eels has fallen by 95%, and European eel was listed as an endangered species trade restriction in 2010. The Japanese eel is our main breeding varieties, in June 12, 2014 by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) included in the red list of endangered species list, and in 2016 will decide whether to include the "Washington Convention" ban on international trade directory. Once the Japanese eel is prohibited from international trade, it will cause a heavy blow to the eel industry in China. In addition, relevant trade partner countries have frequently developed technical trade measures against eel products in China.