Despite the cites ban on exports
\nGlass eels as they are called
\nAre being caught and exported
\nWhich should be overhauled
\nBaby eels or elvers
\nUnlicensed but can be
\nSmuggled out of the UK
\nAnd sold its seems to me<\/p>\n
lots of foreign buyers
\nWill pay a princely sum
\nTo get their hands on glass eels
\nOrders they do come
\nFrom CHina and from Russia
\nThe market apparently
\nIs now up in the millions
\nWhere Asia is the key<\/p>\n
\u00a31000 per kilo
\nThe going rate we hear
\nShipped via Lithuania
\nAnd then out to Korea
\nIts an endangered species
\nBut With money to be made
\nThe smugglers are on the case
\nAn ever growing trade<\/p>\n
They are going out in suitcases
\nA really shadowy act
\nTaken from the Severn
\nApparently being tracked
\nEnding up in China
\nIts an undisputed claim
\nBut More and more are coming
\nBut no one gets the blame<\/p>\n
It seems its open season
\nAnd a major crime
\nIs happening under our noses
\nAlmost all the time
\nWe are losing the glass eels
\nAnd a few are making lots
\nClearly snubbing CITES
\nAnd, calling the shots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Despite the cites ban on exports Glass eels as they are called Are being caught and exported Which should be overhauled Baby eels or elvers Unlicensed but can be Smuggled out of the UK And sold its seems to me … Continue reading