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xyzqvc t1_isiym4l wrote
Reply to comment by Serious_Guy_ in Almost 100 years since being initially proposed, the location of adult European eels' breeding place (upon their 5-10,000 km migration across the Atlantic Ocean) has been demonstrated directly as the Sargasso Sea for the first time. by Litvi
Habitat loss is the main problem. It just doesn't help if we eat up the few remaining eels before they can breed.
xyzqvc t1_isf3n7v wrote
Reply to Almost 100 years since being initially proposed, the location of adult European eels' breeding place (upon their 5-10,000 km migration across the Atlantic Ocean) has been demonstrated directly as the Sargasso Sea for the first time. by Litvi
Perhaps next we can figure out how to save European eels from extinction, adult numbers are dangerously low. So low that you shouldn't actually catch or eat them anymore.
xyzqvc t1_isj88rt wrote
Reply to comment by Serious_Guy_ in Almost 100 years since being initially proposed, the location of adult European eels' breeding place (upon their 5-10,000 km migration across the Atlantic Ocean) has been demonstrated directly as the Sargasso Sea for the first time. by Litvi
The beasts have torn more than one fishing line for me. As delicious as they are, they are difficult to catch. If they break the line with plumb bob you can start all over to gauge the depth of the water. These are smart fish, they eat the bait off your hook and you don't notice. There used to be so many eels that they were poor people's food. If things went well you could catch a dozen in a few hours of bottom fishing. Today I could sit there for a week and not catch a single eel. Another species that will soon only appear in books.