When the supply of Japanese glass eels crashed, the price for American glass eels briefly increased tenfold-the eel gold rush, as Bryant calls it.

当日本玻璃鳗鱼供不应求的时候，美国玻璃鳗鱼的价格在短期内上涨了十倍——布赖特称之为鳗鱼淘金热。