ABSTRACT
Abstract Frog populations are declining worldwide due to widespread environmental degradation and wild frog population capture. Frog leg imports are estimated to have been around 8,000 t y 1 in 2001 in the European Union (EU) member states and 30,000 throughout the world. Frog consumption is an ancient tradi tion in most wetland areas. France has the highest European consumption of frogs. The main frog ethnoculture traditions are described with possible com mercial, small-scale, and traditional frog breeding techniques. There is no com mercial frog production in Europe; consumption depends mostly on imported frogs. Production is concentrated in South America (farming) and Asia (espe cially for wild frogs).
