Video: Typhoon brings giant eel into Hualien fisherman’s net

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 20 September, 2019
By: John Van Trieste

A giant eel caught off Hualien County in eastern Taiwan.[/caption] A Hualien fisherman got a lucky catch last week after a typhoon swept past. Rare as this haul may be, it’s likely that catches of this size are only going to become rarer as environmental conditions change.

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Fishermen in Hualien, on Taiwan’s Pacific coast, are used to big catches after typhoons blow past. But a giant eel caught in the area last Saturday came as a surprise, even to the experienced fisherman who caught it.

The eel measures 145cm and weighs in at close to 25kg. The fisherman who caught the eel says it’s been around ten years since he last caught an eel of comparable size. He says he has not yet decided what to do with the eel: he may continue to raise it or give it to someone else.
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