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the river.& Jim, there is a lot going on behind the scenes re the American Eel. But, first, it's incorrect to speak of distinct "Maritime populations" or "population," as all American eels spawn in the Sargasso Sea. The species, same as the European Eel, is panmictic. The American Eel's range has shrunk considerably over the centuries, and recently they have nearly disappeared from the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, even though they are still quite common in the Maritimes. There are calls for a complete ban on the commercial fishery of adults and glass eels (elvers). If I am correct, in Nova Scotia you are allowed to catch 10 eels of a certain minimum size per day. This is the sport fishery, not the commercial fishery. American Eels are grown commercially in massive fish farms in Southeast Asia, but all the fish come from glass eels harvested in the wild. Not a good situation.... Dusan Soudek ---- "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Regarding common or American eels, haven't we been hearing for a > while some concerns about declines in the Maritimes populations of > the eels?? Could this elver fishery or the fishery for adults have > anything to do with that. And then there are the new? nematode/ > roundworm parasites of the air bladders? of the eels as another > factor in declines? (parasites are being studied at Cape Breton Univ. > -- what is the name of that Web site that she (Janice Moore?) has on > rare parts of the fauna?? > > P.S. Paul, also I am tempted to ask about the "Eil Weir" area in his > earlier post -- I want to act the bully and change that to Eel Weir > -- would I be right (for the area in Keji' Park)?? > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> > > Date: April 18, 2012 1:31:10 PM ADT > > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eel Traps ? > > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > > > Hi Dusan > > Some rivers there will be quite a few traps late in the summer. > > Almost any fish is fine for bait. The price of eels has not been > > very good for the > > anglers the last few years so not so many bother to set their traps. > > Some anglers set more permanent wooden traps which of course need > > be removed each year. > > Often high water will wash the traps away so they might be found > > almost > > anywhere along the river. > > Varies with the price. > > The price of elvers is very good just now so the elver fishery is > > in full swing. > > Have a nice spring > > Paul > > > > From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:11:50 AM > > Subject: [NatureNS] Eel Traps ? > > > > Recently, while cleaning up a campsite on Hants County's Herbert > > River, I came across a pair of cone-shaped pieces of galvanized > > metal with holes at the apices. Bits of rusted chicken wire were > > still attached. > > A local fisherman told me that they are the end-pieces of a > > cylindrical eel trap. Obviously, the chicken wire that had held the > > pair of conical metal endpieces together (and the captured eels > > inside) had rusted out. > > Anyone on NatureNS with an eel trap story? Are there other > > designs of eel traps out there, besides these cylinders and besides > > eel weirs? What do you use for bait? > > Dusan Soudek > > > > > > > > > > >
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