The European eel Anguilla anguilla L, reaches the Israeli coastline, (the most eastern part of the Mediterranean sea) through its annual migration, but in relatively small numbers, to enter the very few river systems of Israel. It is occasionally found in fishponds connected to the river and canal system. However, because of its lack of visible scales, eel is considered not kosher and therefore inedible for religious and traditional Jewish people. reason that there is only a short history of eel farming in Israel compared to the longer fish It is for this farming history of the country