By MIKE CORDER THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An international conference on endangered species banned almost all trade Monday in sawfish - large shark-like rays whose long snouts bristling with teeth are in high demand among collectors.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - The American eel doesn't need protection as an endangered species, according to a two-year review prompted by a petition from a janitor who had noticed eels getting stuck at dams near his favorite fishing spots.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU fishermen may have to stop catching eels for six months each year to prevent the species disappearing from European waters after a drastic stock decline over the past 20 years, the EU executive said on Thursday.