The eel slipped out of the fisherman's hands and back into the water.
那条鳗鱼从渔夫手中滑脱，又回到了水中。
The chef prepared a delicious dish with grilled eel.
厨师用烤鳗鱼做了一道美味的菜肴。
Eels are known for their ability to generate electric shocks.
鳗鱼以其能产生电击的能力而闻名。
In Japanese cuisine, unagi (eel) is often served on rice as a summer delicacy.
在日本料理中，鳗鱼常被作为夏季美食放在米饭上食用。
The European eel is an endangered species due to overfishing and habitat loss.
由于过度捕捞和栖息地丧失，欧洲鳗鲡已成为濒危物种。
The young
eels, called elvers, migrate from the ocean to freshwater rivers.
幼鳗从海洋迁移到淡水河流，被称为鳗苗。
The snake-like appearance of
eels can be quite intimidating to some people.
鳗鱼蛇一般的外表对一些人来说可能很吓人。
Eels have a complex life cycle that involves both marine and freshwater environments.
鳗鱼的生活周期复杂，涉及海洋和淡水环境。
Some species of
eels can live up to 80 years in the wild.
有些鳗鱼种类在野外可以活到80年。
In traditional Chinese medicine, eel is believed to have health benefits, such as boosting energy.
在传统中医中，鳗鱼被认为具有增进体力等健康益处。
She's as slippery as an eel.
她像狐狸一样狡猾.
Both prices and sales of braised eel in Fujian province in East China have surged recently, industry experts said.
"Eel prices rose by 4,000 yuan ($550) on average to top 57,000 yuan per metric ton for some varieties, and daily consumption nationwide jumped to 130 tons on average from 100 tons," said Zhang Jiaolin, executive president of the Eel Industry Association of Fujian.
In China, the busy season for eel sales starts around October and ends at Spring Festival in January or February.
Eel consumption during this period makes up about 60 percent of the whole-year total, the association said.
Fujian Tianma Science and Technology Group Co Ltd, a major fishing and husbandry group based in Fujian, said its aquaculture sector focuses on braising freshwater eel, so would not be affected by the nuclear-contaminated water issue.
Tianma's eel are mainly supplied to domestic factories, which process them into roasted eel products for export and domestic sales.
The company is allowed to export 12 kinds of Cambodian wild aquatic products to China, including wild shrimp, wild fish, wild eel and wild river snails, it said.
Braised eel, a main delicacy of Japanese cuisine, has seen sales rising in China recently, as such delicacies, usually sold in packages, have been gaining popularity among more young consumers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
在日本料理中占据主要地位的炖鳗鱼，近期在中国市场销量有所上升。在新冠疫情背景下，此类通常以包装形式出售的美食，在越来越多的年轻消费者中逐渐受到欢迎。
China stands as a major country for eel breeding, with Fujian and Guangdong provinces in East and South China boasting large-scale eel-breeding industries.
中国是重要的鳗鱼养殖大国，其中东部的福建省和南部的广东省拥有大规模的鳗鱼养殖产业。
Roasted prepackaged eels and live eels have long been important items in many regions' exports from China.
“烤制预包装鳗鱼和活鳗鱼长期以来一直是中国多个地区出口的重要商品。”
Last year, China exported 71,000 metric tons of eels, up 33.19 percent year-on-year.
去年，中国出口了71,000吨鳗鱼，同比增长33.19%。
The increase was mainly fueled by the rising export volume of roasted and frozen eels, according to the General Administration of Customs.
China's annual eel output stands at around 110,000 tons, and 55,000 tons of the total were sold domestically.
For domestic business, sales of larger-sized eels of 500 grams and 1 kilogram both reached 35,000 tons annually, according to the Eel Industry Association of Fujian province.
"The COVID-19 pandemic doesn't have a significant impact on sales of regular-sized eels, as smaller eels usually are more tender," said Zhang Jiaolin, executive president of the association.
"Large-sized eels are often used for stewing soup, and they are mostly sold to Guangdong province, as well as Shanghai and Zhejiang province.
Large eels cost about 75,000 yuan ($11,800) per ton before the pandemic, and the price has declined to 70,000 yuan per ton now," Zhang said.
In Japan, a country with a big demand for live eels, the capacity for breeding live eels is limited.
Due to recent local confirmed cases of COVID-19 in China and a decline in the number of international flights, the import volume of eels from China to Japan dropped slightly, according to Japanese eel-breeding industry news.
In 2021, China exported 32,300 tons of eel to Japan and the value reached $644 million, both accounting for nearly 50 percent of total eel exports to overseas markets, according to Customs data.
In Japan, the busy season for eel sales is typically June through August.
In China, the busy season is around October to the Spring Festival period, as traditional Chinese festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day and the Lunar New Year are centered in this period, and consumption of eels during this time accounts for about 60 percent of the whole year in China.
Besides Japan, Malaysia and the United States stood as the second and third-largest overseas markets for China's eel exports last year.
Russia and Ukraine were also among the top 10 countries that imported the biggest amounts of eel from China in 2021.
This year, due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, China's eel exports to the two countries declined significantly, and exports to other nations remain flat, according to Fujian Tianma Science and Technology Group Co Ltd, a major eel producer and retailer based in Fujian province.
Fujian Tianma said it owns a large number of eel processing plants and breeding bases, and most of the products it sells are roasted eels in regular size.
Usually, one ton of live eels can be made into 650 kg of roasted eels.
"Previously, most Chinese people bought live eels and stewed soup or made fish fillets by themselves.
Now, sales of braised and roasted prepackaged eels have gradually climbed in China, and most consumers are women, children, and the elderly," Zhang said.
The popularity of e-commerce shopping and livestreaming sessions held by online celebrities have also helped to fuel sales of roasted prepackaged eels," he said.