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Eel management plan by Dr. Will O'ConnorApr 17, 20227:17 pmApril 18, 2022
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Inland Fisheries Ireland publishes their River Shannon eel kill “investigation”

Inland Fisheries Ireland publishes their River Shannon eel kill “investigation”

Elvers by Dr. Will O'ConnorNov 14, 202111:31 amNovember 14, 2021
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Ardnacrusha elver traps are not being maintained

The photo below shows the elver trap at Ardnacrusha hydroelectric station at the end of the 2021 season. This vegetation did not grow in a couple of weeks and shows that ESB is not maintaining […]

Eel management plan by Dr. Will O'ConnorNov 6, 20216:35 pmJanuary 19, 2022
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Lies, damN lies, and eel T&T models

Lies, dam(!) lies, and the ESB’s silver eel Trap and Transport models Trap and Transport (T&T) is where eels are captured and moved around dams and other obstacles. The ESB runs a T&T programme for […]

General eel posts by Dr. Will O'ConnorJun 19, 202010:11 am
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Elvers at Ennistymon Falls, Co Clare, June 2020

This is a short video I made following a visit in June 2020 to Ennistymon Falls on the Inagh River, Co Clare. The falls here are natural but have been modified for hydroelectricity production. These […]

Turbine passage mortality by Dr. Will O'ConnorOct 23, 20171:13 pmOctober 25, 2017
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Mord am Aal; Murder of the Eel

The Rhine is the longest river in Europe used by eels and historically was one of the most important eel habitats on this continent. It now provides a case-study of what went wrong for the […]

Turbine passage mortality by Dr. Will O'ConnorOct 19, 20176:58 pmOctober 19, 2017
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Turbine-killed eel floats past angler playing salmon

The link below is to a video by Paul Hanley which shows a turbine-killed silver #eel floating past when he was playing a (hatchery origin) salmon. He was fishing on the River Lee below Inniscarra […]

Silver eels by Dr. Will O'ConnorOct 19, 20173:52 pmOctober 19, 2017
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Reports of a major silver eel kill on the River Erne

There have been reports this week of a major silver eel kill on the River Erne in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal. It is understood that these eels were killed trying to pass the hydroelectric stations on […]

Elvers by Dr. Will O'ConnorSep 23, 20175:46 amOctober 23, 2017
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Ardnacrusha: New boom but no progress with elver trap

I visited the elver trap at Ardnacrusha hydroelectric station on the Lower River Shannon in September 2017. The promised upgrades to the trap were never completed this year by the ESB. All they did here […]

Elvers by Dr. Will O'ConnorMay 15, 20178:03 amOctober 20, 2017
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Ennistymon elver run, May 2017

The elver runs in the spring of 2017 were considered to lower than some of the more recent runs (e.g. 2014). However, in May 2017 there was a significant elver run at Ennistymon Falls on […]

Elvers by Dr. Will O'ConnorApr 27, 20179:35 amOctober 23, 2017
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Ardnacrusha elver trap upgrades commence

We had a very productive meeting at Ardnacrusha hydroelectric station today discussing issues in relation to the upgraded elver trap. The trap is now operational but significant work is also being progressed. The completed trap […]

Elvers by Dr. Will O'ConnorApr 21, 20171:04 pmOctober 23, 2017
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IFI upgrade elver traps

It took years of campaigning – but progress is finally being made with both Inland Fisheries Ireland and ESB upgrading their elver traps traps for the 2017 season. This is a very welcome development and […]

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