British eel trader says ‘devastating’ move will destroy tradition of elvering, with exports to EU impossible since BrexitEndangered eels caught in British estuaries will no longer be exported to Russia this year after the government banned the trade.In a move that Britain’s last remaining eel trader said would end centuries of traditional elvering, a request to dispatch millions of glass eels – young eels that develop into elvers – to a restocking project in Kaliningrad was refused by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Continue reading...