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11-01-2005, 12:39 PM
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If the Eel population is under distress, why not commercial raise them?
Does anyone at this point?
It seems given their durability and adaptation to fresh and Salt waters this wouldn't be that difficult.
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11-01-2005, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
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Originally Posted by Squibby17
If the Eel population is under distress, why not commercial raise them?
Does anyone at this point?
It seems given their durability and adaptation to fresh and Salt waters this wouldn't be that difficult.
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They do farm raise them , but only with elvers collected in the wild. I dont think they know how to get them to breed in captivity yet. |
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11-01-2005, 01:02 PM
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Location: Bethany CT
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Originally Posted by cheferson
They do farm raise them , but only with elvers collected in the wild. I dont think they know how to get them to breed in captivity yet.
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This is correct. I am hoping to get the chance to work on this sometime soon... |
No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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11-01-2005, 01:09 PM
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Location: Rhode Island
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I hear there is a dvd coming out about the mating habits of eels... it's called, "Eels Gone Wild, Hot Nights In The Sargasso Sea" maybe we'll learn more after its release.
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11-01-2005, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe
I hear there is a dvd coming out about the mating habits of eels... it's called, "Eels Gone Wild, Hot Nights In The Sargasso Sea" maybe we'll learn more after its release.
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11-01-2005, 05:57 PM
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end of the fence guy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: tiverton ri
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i love eels!how come the people that trap them are not saying there numbers are down?the bait shop were i get my eels always seams to have pleanty.
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11-01-2005, 06:02 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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Originally Posted by snake slinger
i love eels!how come the people that trap them are not saying there numbers are down?the bait shop were i get my eels always seams to have pleanty.
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Just to drive the prices up just like the gas we use |
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11-02-2005, 08:44 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Originally Posted by snake slinger
i love eels!how come the people that trap them are not saying there numbers are down?the bait shop were i get my eels always seams to have pleanty.
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I don't have my notes handy but the commercial catch of eels has declined from several million pounds in 1985 to less than 700 thousand pounds in 2002 and likely has declined further since 2002. So the answer to your question is that the people who trap them are saying that their numbers are waaaay down.
IMHO its going to be a race to see whether the ASMFC or the U.S. fish & wildife service will act first. Either way I'm betting that all commercial harvest will be stopped. |
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