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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD

London was a great market for eels from the 15th C. onward. Many were imported by the Dutch, but not all.

In the late 19th C. fishermen from the Norfolk Broads sold their eels in Billingsgate each fall, & the profits were enough to carry them through rest of the year if need be.