Spotlight on the Murky Waters of the Eel Industry

In Haiti, along coastal areas and at the mouths of freshwater rivers, fishermen armed with fine-mesh nets and flashlights spend the night fishing for eels. The eel, a snake-like fish with a slimy body and reduced fins, capable of breathing outside water and living in rivers, ponds, and grasslands, but which migrates to the open ocean to spawn, is highly prized, particularly in Asia. In Haitian popular slang, it is compared to "cocaine" due to its lucrative export potential.

In an interview with Magik 9 (100.9 FM) earlier