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 […]
European Eel Foundation
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National elver monitoring sites not operating
With rising water temperatures this week, we are now well into the elver migration season. However, we visited four of Ireland’s national juvenile eel monitoring sites this week and found that three out of the […]
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 […]
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, […]
Whales Preying on Eels in Deep Atlantic Ocean
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 […]
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 […]
