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River Crane and DNR Fisheries Impact assessment

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Tidal Thames Draw Off 2014

Each year in mid November the Semi-Tidal Thames between Teddington and Richmond is allowed to ‘draw off’, or become a full tidal river. This allows access to locks, weirs, and sluices along the river for essential maintenance and  inspection of … Continue reading

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Continued effort at making the Hogsmill a little more welcoming for eels

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Thames Eel pass gets a Spring Clean

Volunteers from the TAC spent a morning cleaning out the Molesey Eel pass and Trap which had beacome blocked after the winter floods. The trap had beacome full of large amounts of sand, gravel and huge numbers of freshwater shells. … Continue reading

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Environment Agency West Thames Fisheries and Biodiversity Project Summary 2012/13

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Sainsburys admit ‘British’ Eels were from New Zealand

(picture: Angling Trust) The Chief Executive of Sainsbury’s, Justin King CBE, has written to the Angling Trust admitting that jellied eels sold in his supermarkets are not in fact from the British Isles, as they were marketed, but are in … Continue reading

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EU Parliament demands tougher rules to save the European Eel stocks

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The National Anguilla Club calls for no more Eels as bait

With the traditional pike season fast approaching The National Anguilla Club is asking predator anglers to cease using eels as bait, and choose sustainable alternatives instead. The European Eel (Anguilla anguilla) is officially listed BY CITIES (the Convention on International … Continue reading

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Eels get a helping hand in the Hogsmill River

​Volunteers and staff from the Thames Anglers Conservancy and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) joined forces in a project spearheaded by the Wandle Trust (Part of the new South East Rivers Trust), to help eels enter the Hogsmill River that … Continue reading

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Two men receive £4k fine for illegal elver fishing

​Two Bridgwater men have both been banned for five years after being caught illegally fishing for elvers on the River Tone in Somerset. David Roberts and Mark Newbury were also ordered to pay a total of £4,000 in fines and … Continue reading

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