KAMPONG PHLUK, Cambodia -- Em Phat, 53, studies his eel tanks with the intensity of a man gambling with his livelihood. For millennia, fishermen like him have relied on the bounty of the Tonle Sap in ...
American eels are slimy, sinuous creatures that slither their slender, scaled bodies through water both fresh and salty. But not much is known about this elusive eel, found in nearly every aquatic ...