A decision on whether to prosecute the ESB over a major kill of critically endangered juvenile European eels (or elvers) at their hydroelectric installation on the River Erne in County Donegal is still outstanding. The […]
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Category: River Erne
Low elver catches at ESB dams despite upturn
The ESB have released their elver catch results for 2014, and confirm that the “elver run for the Shannon saw 354kg of elvers caught in total“. This is a very poor catch considering that this was […]
Major elver kill on River Erne
Further to our reports of incompetence from the ESB in operating elver traps on the River Shannon, we were at least happy to know that elver traps were being operated at the ESB Hydroelectric Station […]
