by Jonathan Louis | Monday, October 3, 2022
Monitoring Eels in Northern Ireland In July our eel man Jack spent a week surveying with the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in Northern Ireland. This was part of a long-term survey on Loch Erne specifically focusing on the European eel (Anguilla anguilla)....
by Jonathan Louis | Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Eel – Farming, policy and protection By Jack Wootton Eel, a word that stimulates a range of emotions dependant on your geographical orientation. For some it is income, stability, sustenance, beauty, awe, admiration and for others the less favourable such as slimy,...
by Jonathan Louis | Thursday, May 19, 2022
Barriers to Eel Migration in the Forth Eels are amazing creatures and are one of the worlds organisms that has a massive journey to complete its lifecycle. Much evidence highlights that eels start this journey in the Sargasso Sea just off the Caribbean and East Coast...
by Jonathan Louis | Thursday, May 19, 2022
World Fish Migration Day 2022 Today marks the start of World Fish Migration day 2022 and here in the Forth there are a number of fish species which migrate in and out of our rivers. Everything from the iconic Atlantic salmon, shimmering sea trout, the humble brown...
by Jonathan Louis | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Eel ropes on the Water of Leith Jack was at the Water of Leith Conservation Trust yesterday teaching the traditional methods of eel rope making. This messy but effective method is a cheap way to get our eels over river barriers such as weirs and small dams. A great...
by Jonathan Louis | Monday, January 17, 2022
2021 saw plenty of focus given to the critically endangered European eel. We carried out monitoring of young eels coming into the Forth Catchment, trialled new monitoring methods, built eel passes and even reviewed existing passes to improve their efficiency. One...
