When the threatened European eels cross the Atlantic Ocean to get to the Sargasso Sea to spawn, they swim in deep water. But this does not protect them from predators, researchers from the University of […]
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Eel numbers linked to ocean currents
The European eel has one of the most fascinating life-cycles on earth. Beginning life as a leaf-shaped larvae in the Sargasso sea, they make an amazing trans-Atlantic migration to the freshwater rivers of Europe, where […]
Record glass eel numbers for third consecutive year
Eels have been caught in record numbers in France for the third year running, leading conservationists to suggest their decline may have bottomed out. Quotas in three of the main eel rivers in France have been met so […]
Behaviour of stocked and wild eels during migration
Behaviour of stocked and naturally recruited European eels during migration – Stocked European eels also find their way towards Sargasso Sea An objection to the stocking of translocated eels as a management measure for the […]
European eel stocks remain critical, ICES warns
The latest official advice realeased by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) to the European Union (EU) shows that whilst there has been a slight increase in glass eel recruitment, the status of […]
Is the ESB doing enough to help silver eels on the Shannon?
A press release from Inland Fisheries Ireland below indicates that they are satisfied with current silver eel mitigation measures used on the River Shannon. The current approach attempts to capture outmigrating silver eels in coghill […]
Maine elver fishery to face harvest cuts in 2014
Regulators have agreed to allow Maine’s lucrative glass eel fishery to remain open next year as long as Maine officials devise a plan that will cut the state’s 2014 catch by at least 25 percent. […]
Sales of jellied eels booming outside London
Sales of jellied eels are soaring outside London for the first time. Tesco has seen its jellied eel sales grow by 35 per cent in the past two years since it began selling them in places including […]
Plunging eel stocks spell hard times for a global delicacy
From the food stalls and pie shops of Dickensian London to haute cuisine restaurants in Tokyo, the eel has a long and rich culinary history that transcends classes and national borders. But it is becoming […]
“Eat and Protect” campaign to save Japanese eel
The million-plus strong Palsystem Consumers’ Co-operative Union has started an “Eat and Protect” fund-raising campaign to save the rapidly declining Japanese eel population by supporting efforts by eel farming areas seeking to replenish stocks. Due […]
River Teme eel release in bid to boost population
About 20,000 eels have been released into a Shropshire river as part of a project to boost numbers. The eels were taken out of the River Severn near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, in June, and released into the […]
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