European eel - Wikipedia
Eel breeding programs initiated by humans have been unsuccessful thus far and therefore the entire industry is dependent on the number of eels spawning in the wild, leaving it unsustainable and vulnerable to the factors causing European Eels to be critically endangered.
European eel, facts and photos - National Geographic
What is a European eel? European eels are fish with one pair of small pectoral fins and long, snake-like bodies.
European Eel - WWT
The European eel can be found in a wide variety of freshwater and estuarine habitats where they spend the majority of their lives. They also spend up to a few years migrating across the Atlantic Ocean to and from their spawning grounds.
European eel - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Basic facts about European eel: lifespan, distribution and habitat map, lifestyle and social behavior, mating habits, diet and nutrition, population size and status.
European eel (Anguilla anguilla) - Species Profile
European eels have been diagnosed with at least 29 diseases, including bacterial, parasitic and fungal infections (Froese and Pauly 2005). A nematode parasite, Anguillicola crassus, was transferred to European eels from A. japonica and the native A. rostrata.
Why the once common European eel is now Critically …
It’s a European eel, a fish once common and frequently caught in the River Thames to make eel pies and jellied eels. But now it’s on the list of critically endangered species that could disappear forever if we don’t take urgent action today.
Ancient eel migration mystery unravelled - BBC News
2022年10月15日 · Eels arrive around the European coast as tiny, fragile and transparent glass eels, having drifted across the Atlantic for two or three years from the Sargasso Sea.
Dire Straits: Can a Fishing Ban Save the Elusive European Eel?
2024年4月25日 · European eels are born in the Sargasso Sea, an amorphous body of water in the Western Atlantic bordered not by land but by shifting ocean currents. The tiny, transparent, larvae are then carried on the current to Europe’s Atlantic and Mediterranean shores.
European eel - NatureScot
2023年11月9日 · The European eel is widely distributed within European freshwaters and can be found in a wide variety of freshwater and estuarine habitats. Its journey to the Sargasso Sea, is one of the most impressive feats of animal migration observed in nature.
European eel (Anguilla anguilla) - Inland Fisheries Ireland
The European eel is native to the North Atlantic Ocean and to the river systems of Ireland, Europe and parts of northern Africa. The European eel is a catadromous fish, which means that it hatches in the ocean but migrates to rivers to spend most of its adult life in freshwater before migrating back to the ocean to spawn.