Dossier
Eels and eel fishing in the Netherlands
The stock of European eel is only at about 10 percent of what it was about fifty years ago. In this dossier you can find news, backgrounds and results of our research on eels and eel fishing in the Netherlands. Our research focuses on among others the propagation of glass eel, residues of dioxin in eel, monitoring eel by tracking with tags and the possibilities for eel protection.
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European eels spend the first two years of their life being swept 5,000 km by the Gulfstream, until they reach our coastal waters in the form of transparent ‘glass eels’ measuring seven centimetres. They are prevented from entering our waterways by locks, but glass eels can wash through openings in the lock gates by the current.
News about eels and eel fishing
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First observation ever of a spontaneously matured female European eel
- For the first time in history, scientists have observed a spontaneously matured female European eel. She was caught in 2002 and has since lived in the... -
Eel research at Wageningen University & Research further expanded
- Eel research at Wageningen will be further expanded in 2017. Wageningen University & Research has started a public-private partnership within the... -
Eel larvae hatch at Wageningen University Campus
- After a mere six months of preparations, scientists of the Wageningen UR have managed to produce European eel larvae. This is remarkable since the eel... -
Eel fishing ban is justified
- In Resource, an article about PhD research of Myrthe van den Dungen about dioxin- and pcb-like substances in the systems of people who eat a lot of...
Publications on eel
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Behavioural patterns of migrating silver eel at a hydropower station on the River Meuse
In: Eels biology, monitoring, management, culture and exploitation / , Don, Andy, Coulson, Paul. - : 5m Publishing - ISBN 9781789180695 - p. 158 - 171. -
Growth, maturation, sex-ration, length and age of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the Netherlands
In: Eels biology, monitoring, management, culture and exploitation / , Coulson, Paul, Don, Andy. - : 5m Publishing - ISBN 9781789180695 - p. 111 - 118. -
Migratie van zoetwaterstandvis tussen Noordzeekanaal en omliggende boezems en polders
IJmuiden : Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research rapport C126/19) - p. -
Results and lessons of 17 years of monitoring at the tidal fish pass Roptazijl (The Netherlands)
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Occurrence of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in a large number of wild and farmed aquatic animals collected in the Netherlands
Chemosphere 232 (2019). - ISSN 0045-6535 - p. 415 - 423. -
A mechanistic model for studying the initiation of anguillid vitellogenesis by comparing the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and the shortfinned eel (A. australis)
General and Comparative Endocrinology 279 (2019). - ISSN 0016-6480 - p. 129 - 138. -
Nog altijd weinig paling
Nog altijd weinig paling, Wageningen World 2018 no. 4, 2018-12-01, https://edepot.wur.nl/466179 -
Still not enough eels
Still not enough eels, Wageningen World 4, december 2018, 2018-12-01, https://edepot.wur.nl/466212 -
Overzicht van de Nederlandse aquacultuur en de aquatische genetische diversiteit
Overzicht van de Nederlandse aquacultuur en de aquatische genetische diversiteit, CGN Website, 2018-01-29, https://www.wur.nl/nl/Onderzoek-Resultaten/Wettelijke-Onderzoekstaken/Centrum-voor-Genetische-Bronnen-Nederland-1/Show-CGN-NL/Overzicht-van-de-Nederlandse-aquacultuur-en-de-aquatische-genetische-diversiteit.htm -
Evaluation of glass eel and ongrown eel restocking practices in The Netherlands
IJmuiden : Wageningen Marine Research - p.