Eels aren’t every angler’s favourite, but they are one of the few fish in our waters that still hold a genuine sense of mystery. Not only that, but when they reach specimen sizes, they can be ...

The Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir announced the £100,000 package to support fishermen after ...

These 6-ounce sand eel style jigs from Stuarts Stalkers are built for the job. Their heavy weight lets you get down deep fast ...

All 19 species of Anguillid eels migrate from the sea, where they are born, to the freshwater systems in which they grow. After a period of up to 20 years, they reach maturity and return to the sea to ...

Reporting from Ellsworth, Maine — It is just past midnight, rain clouds stalking a full moon, and Julie Keene is out on a muddy riverbank in thigh-high rubber boots and a camouflage jacket, a headlamp ...

FILE - In this Friday, March 24, 2012, file photo, a man holds elvers, young, translucent eels, in Portland, Maine. Baby eels are the most lucrative fishery in the state on a per-pound basis, ...

ROCKPORT, Maine (AP) — Members of Maine's baby-eel fishing industry are expecting high prices for the tiny fish this year because of a shortage on the international market, and sushi lovers could end ...

The European Eel is a critically endangered fish species with a dramatic decline the past 30 years, less than 5% is left of the stock. Conservation efforts have so far failed to deliver and scientific ...

* Fishing ban unilaterally imposed as eel population slumps * Eels in sharp decline also in Asia, cause unknown * Lifecycle still a mystery, captive breeding impossible By Reed Stevenson and Catherine ...

Footage of eels dying amid the algae choking Lough Neagh suggests the body of water itself is facing the demise of its ecosystem, it has been warned. The return of the blue-green algae this summer has ...

PORTLAND, Maine — They're wriggly, they're gross and they're worth more than $2,000 a pound. And soon, fishermen might be able to catch thousands of pounds of them for years to come. Baby eels, also ...