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: Turbine passage mortality
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-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 […]
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 […]
Dead and dying silver eels downstream of Ardnacrusha
The European eel is a critically endangered species. However, thousands are killed passing Ardnacrusha hydroelectric station on the Lower River Shannon each year, despite a ‘trap and transport’ scheme operated by the ESB. This is a […]
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 […]
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