Eel ikaranze ni ubwoko bwibiryo byo mu rwego rwo hejuru.Cyane cyane mu Buyapani, Koreya yepfo, Aziya yepfo yepfo yepfo na Hong Kong, abantu benshi bakunze kurya eel ikaranze.By'umwihariko, Abanyakoreya n'Abayapani bitondera cyane eel kuri tonic yumubiri mu cyi, kandi bafata eel nkimwe mubiryo byiza kuri tonic yabagabo.Ibyinshi mu Buyapani eel byashizwemo cyane kandi byokeje.Buri mwaka ikoreshwa rya eel zokeje zingana na toni 100000 ~ 120000.Bavuga ko hafi 80% ya eel ikoreshwa mu cyi, cyane cyane mugihe cyo kurya eel muri Nyakanga.Muri iki gihe, abantu benshi mu Bushinwa nabo batangira kuryoherwa na eel zokeje. Inyama ziryoshye ziraryoshye kandi zirasa.Ntabwo ari ibiryo bishyushye kandi byumye.Kubwibyo, kurya intungamubiri nyinshi mugihe cyizuba gishyushye birashobora kugaburira umubiri, kugabanya ubushyuhe numunaniro, kwirinda kugabanya ibiro mugihe cyizuba, kandi bikagera kumigambi yo kugaburira no kwinezeza.Ntibitangaje kubona abayapani bakunda eel nka tonic yo mu cyi.Ibicuruzwa byo mu gihugu birahagije, kandi bigomba gutumizwa mu Bushinwa n’ahandi hantu buri mwaka.