supported by the Chinese National Science Foundation under the Grant(30771650);the Key Programs of Science and Technology Commission Foundation of Shanghai(08391910200);Special Fund for Agroscientific Research in the Public Interest(201203065);Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(20070264001);E-class Programs of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(E03009);the Key Subject Construction of Shanghai(S30701)
The Yangtze River estuary is the main production area of Anguilla japonica in China,as well as the only existing fishery area for adult eels.Japanese eels are distributed in the main rivers and many tributaries from t...