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FY2025 Promotion and Research Progress Meeting for the International Fisheries Resource Survey and Evaluation Project (Eel Unit) Held at the Fisheries Agency!

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On January 30, 2026, the FY2025 promotion and research progress meeting for the International Fisheries Resource Survey and Evaluation Project (Eel Unit) was held in a hybrid format at the 2nd Conference Room of the Fisheries Policy Department, Fisheries Agency, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, and online. This project on Japanese eel resource management is a commissioned and subsidized research project of the Fisheries Agency led by Professor Hiroshi Hakoyama, with participation from universities, research institutes, prefectural agencies, and private-sector partner organizations. A total of 67 participants from the Fisheries Agency, universities, prefectures, and other research and partner institutions attended the meeting, where FY2025 research outcomes were presented and future directions were discussed. Covering stock trend and sex-ratio analyses, population genetic analysis, glass eel recruitment surveys, satellite-tag studies, and extinction risk assessment, the outcomes of this project are expected to contribute to resource management by national and prefectural authorities as well as by countries and regions along the East Asian coast.

Meeting Agenda

  1. Opening Remarks (Chief of the International Resources Section) 13:15-13:20 (5 min)

  2. Introduction of Participants (Attendance List) 13:20-13:25 (5 min)

  3. Review of Project Progress and Research Outcomes

    1. Overall Project Summary, Hakoyama 13:25-13:35 (10 min)

2. Trend and Sex-ratio Analysis of Eel Resources, Hakoyama / Faulks / T. Kodama 13:35-14:00 (25 min)

3. Population Genetic Analysis of Eel, Sekino 14:00-14:20 (20 min)

4. Summary of Glass Eel Recruitment Surveys, Mochioka / Hakoyama 14:20-14:40 (20 min)

5. Break 14:40-14:50 (10 min)

6. Reducing Drag of Satellite Tags for Eels, Iio / Huynh 14:50-15:10 (20 min)

7. Argos Satellite Tag Survey, Hakoyama / Huynh 15:10-15:30 (20 min)

8. General Discussion 15:30-15:55 (25 min)

  4. Closing Remarks (Chief of the International Resources Section) 15:55-16:00 (5 min)

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