The River Shannon has a large hydroelectric scheme in its lower reaches, and there are no bypasses for silver eels migrating downstream (or indeed for other fish such as salmon kelts and smolts). The ESB […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
