Tweet The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has verified that the Asian swamp eel, an invasive species, has been found in Bayou St. John in New Orleans. LDWF sampling over the past several days have found the eel, … Continue reading →
Tweet DEC Celebrates 12th Year of Juvenile Eel Monitoring More than 600 Volunteer Citizen Scientists Track Hudson River Eels All along the Hudson River Estuary, volunteers are donning waders and venturing into tributary streams to participate in the New York … Continue reading →
Tweet Indiana Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Animal Information Series American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) Do they have any other names? The names “glass eel” or “elver” are used to describe young, developing eels. Why are they called American eels? The … Continue reading →
Tweet American eels (Anguilla rostrate) are catadromous fish that spend the majority of their lifecycle in estuaries such as the tidal bays and rivers of New York State, but migrate to the Atlantic Ocean to spawn. Each spring, juvenile eels arrive … Continue reading →
Tweet Finally, it was time for my first day in the field. Before heading out, we checked that the van had all the necessary gear – waders, dip net, thermometer, meter stick, buckets, tote, brush and ropes. Since a subsample … Continue reading →
Tweet A bizarre robotic eel that squirms around open water and pinpoints the source of pollution is on the way, thanks to Swiss researchers. Developed by scientists at the EPFL Institution in Lausanne, Switzerland, Envirobot takes its inspiration from the … Continue reading →
Tweet AUSTIN — Every now and then, anglers fishing Texas waterways may reel in something unexpected: the slimy, secretive American Eel. “[The American Eel] is just such a unique species that you don’t see that often, and so when you … Continue reading →
Tweet More Than 550 Volunteer Citizen Scientists Track Hudson River Eels All along the Hudson River Estuary, volunteers are donning waders and venturing into tributary streams to participate in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) research on … Continue reading →
Tweet A program to combat the parasitic sea lamprey has been rescheduled to begin the week of September 7 in Chemung and Schuyler counties on Catherine Creek the main tributary to Seneca Lake, Paul D’Amato, Regional Director of the state … Continue reading →
Tweet The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), announces changes to fishing regulations for American eel. The changes will increase the minimum size limit to 9 inches for both commercial and recreational fishers; decrease the recreational catch limit … Continue reading →
