[email protected] wrote: > The eel fishery on the River Shannon was for many years an important > economic activity, with eel weirs everywhere, eel spears of different > designs and eel boats carrying the produce. The Electricity Supply > Board (ESB) controls the eel fishery (as a by-product of their control > over the lower Shannon at the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station) > and many boaters will have seen their eel nets at Killaloe and > Clonlara. > > But the European eel is now a critically endangered species and all > eel fishing has been banned in (the republic of) Ireland. The ESB is > now engaged in "trap and transport" operations, trying to get as many > eels as possible past obstructions (like Ardnacrusha) and down to the > sea, and helping the glass eels upriver when they arrive. > > Here > http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/about/irish-waterways-operations/the-esbs-shannon-eel-fishery/ > > is a page about the ESB eel fishery.
We had a fascinating talk a couple of years ago by our local elver collection company, who have an interesting if somewhat oddly constructed web site <http://www.glasseel.com/index.html> They buy elvers from the local fishermen and ship them all over Europe for growing on. M/ -- Martin Phillips [email protected]
