I'm struggling to find recent numbers and want other people to back up what I'm saying before I say it confidently but from what I'm seeing Japan is absolutely bullshiting about eel population being "fine".
Here is a source I found talking about population decline. if someone has something better lmk. The article didn't say anything concrete so I decided to go check.
Israel really is just trying to give Neo-Nazis ammunition at this point. I hate how often I have to remind people that the problem is the state of Israel not Jewish people like some people seem to fall into thinking.