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 […]
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Category: River Shannon
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 […]
Monitoring silver eel turbine passage mortalities on the Lower Shannon
We are currently assessing silver eel turbine passage mortality at Ardnacrusha hydroelectric station on the Lower River Shannon. Silver eels are adult maturing eels on their spawning migration to the Sargasso Sea after spending up to 20 years (or […]
Decision regarding ESB eel kill outstanding
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 […]
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 […]
No operating elver traps at Ardnacrusha, May 2014
Further to our previous posts about Ireland’s national elver monitoring stations and traps not being operational, we were genuinely astonished this evening when we visited Ardnacrusha Hydroelectric Station on the Lower River Shannon. Elver traps […]
Sustainable eel management for the River Shannon
I attended attended a meeting of the Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) in London this week, and it is was compelling to hear first-hand about the huge runs of glass eels and elvers in the UK […]
Fishing for trout using elvers in Limerick City
You know that the elvers have arrived in Limerick when the locals start fishing for trout from the bridges in the city using elvers as bait. Elvers are collected at low tide and are mounted […]
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 […]
Sustainable Eel Group approach needed for Ireland
We believe that it is time for Ireland to adopt the Sustainable Eel Group approach; particularly on the River Shannon. As we enter into what is probably going to be the third consecutive year of […]
River Shannon eel report
The report ‘Biology and Management of European Eel (Anguilla anguilla, L) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland‘ is now available on-line at this site. This report was originally submitted as a PhD thesis to the Zoology Department, […]
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