Eel smoker Joost Kant holds an eel in a smoking oven in the southern Dutch village of s'Gravendeel September 28, 2009. Fishing for plump, fattened eels that the Dutch consider a delicacy smoked on toast or in bread -- and which are eaten in stews across Europe -- is no longer allowed during October and November. The government ban is aimed at stemming a 95 percent slide in the European eel population in the past four decades. Picture taken September 28, 2009. To match feature ENVIRONMENT/DUTCH-EELS REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS SOCIETY POLITICS)