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 […]
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Category: Glass eels
Glass eels arrive into Limerick City, January 2017
All the way from the Sargasso Sea – this year’s glass eels have arrived into the Lower River Shannon in Limerick City! We recorded glass eels in kick samples taken during early January 2017 in […]
The return of the eel?
The European eel is currently staging a remarkable comeback, with record numbers of juvenile eels arriving to the European coast from the Sargasso Sea for the third consecutive year. The reasons for the change in […]
Millions of glass eels in the Shannon estuary
Following on from the reports from the UK and other European countries that there are record numbers of glass eels arriving to European shores for the third year running, we can confirm what appears to […]
Record glass eel runs again this year
In 2013 the number of glass eels recorded arriving in UK rivers was the best for two decades. Likewise, visual observations on the River Shannon by our staff confirmed that there was a massive run […]
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 […]
Video on increase in Severn elver run 2013
Although eels are critically endangered a massive increase in numbers returning to the River Severn (and other rivers) was recorded this year. Which is good news for fishermen and for conservationists. This video explains and […]
European Eel Foundation 