鳗鱼是一种高档水产品,也是目前我国单项农产品出口创汇最多的产品,最高曾达到年创汇9亿多美元。全世界现有16种鳗鱼,另有3个地理性亚种,共计19种。但进行人工养殖的仅有日本鳗鲡、欧洲鳗鲡、美渊鳗鲡和澳洲鳗鲡4种,其中又以日本鳗鲡和欧洲鳗鲡为主要养殖种类,每年产量占鳗鱼养殖总产量的99％;养殖地区限于中国大陆、日本、我国台湾省和韩国等国家、地区, Eel is a kind of high-end aquatic products, but also China’s current exports of single agricultural products most foreign exchange products, up to a maximum of more than 900 million U.S. dollars. The world’s existing 16 kinds of eels, and another three geographic subspecies, a total of 19 species. However, there are only four species of Japanese eel, European eel, American eel and Australian eel, which are mainly cultured in Japanese eel and European eel, accounting for 99% of the total eel farming output each year. Farmed areas are limited to China Mainland China, Japan, Taiwan Province of China and South Korea and other countries, regions,