Eels caught in Lower Lough Erne as part of a continuing trap and transport programme could be part of the species' salvation. Commercial eel-fishing has been suspended on Lough Neagh - 70 miles from ...
Discharges from sewage treatment plants into rivers may act as a barrier to migrating fish. European eels (Anguilla anguilla) seem to deliberately avoid plumes of treated wastewater, in some cases ...