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	Facts About the American Eel
		American eels begin their lives as eggs hatching in the Sargasso Sea, a 2-million-square-mile warm-water lens in the North Atlantic between the West Indies and the Azores.
		American eels can absorb oxygen through their skin as well as their gills, making it possible for them to travel over land, particularly in wet grass or mud, which may help them move around barriers in streams.
		American eels are heavily harvested in Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Canadian Maritimes.
	www.fws.gov /northeast/ameel/facts.html (1307 words)

	Fish - American eel
		The American eel occurs in freshwater rivers and lakes, estuaries, coastal areas and open ocean from the southern tip of Greenland, along the Atlantic coast of North America, throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, to Venezuela, and inland in the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes.
		The eel is an abundant resident of all tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay in its yellow eel phase.
		American eels are landed most often by eelpots, although they are also caught by anglers on hook and line.
	www.chesapeakebay.net /info/american_eel.cfm (696 words)

	NANFA Captive Care: American Eel
		American Eels are easy to keep in the aquarium as long as they are kept in the aquarium.
		Eels are also fond of swimming up the outflow of "bio-wheel"-type filters and into the filter chamber.
		The downside of keeping American Eels, aside from their inclination to escape, is that they will get too big to keep peacefully with other fishes.
	www.nanfa.org /captivecare/american_eel.shtml (1112 words)

	Eel
		In the common American eel the dorsal fin originates far behind the pectorals, this character is enough to distinguish it from the conger, from which it also differs in that the lower jaw projects beyond the upper or at least equals it in length, and its eyes are small and round.
		The eel, however, has a pointed snout, like the conger, a large mouth gaping back as far as the middle of the eye or past it; and its gill slits are set vertically on the sides of the neck, their upper corners abreast of the center of the base of the pectoral fin.
		Examples of long journeys by eels upstream, in New England rivers, are to the Connecticut Lakes, New Hampshire, at the head of the Connecticut River; to the Rangeley Lakes at the head of the Androscoggin, and to Matagamon Lake, at the head of the East Branch of the Penobscot.
	octopus.gma.org /fogm/Anguilla_rostrata.htm (2266 words)

	American Eel: A Well-Traveled Fish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Generally, eels and yellow bullheads are the fish most often seen by divers in the dark zones of submerged labyrinths.
		Eels often lurk in crevices and fissures on the floors, ceilings and walls, waiting until dark before they emerge and eerily undulate toward cave mouths.
		American eels may reach lengths of 4 feet, although males rarely exceed 2 feet, and weigh up to 7 pounds.
	www.nativefish.org /articles/FL_Eel.php (1517 words)

	Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The American eel spawns in the Atlantic Ocean and ascends streams and rivers in North and South America.
		American eels live in freshwater as adults, usually in larger rivers or lakes, primarily swimming near the bottom in search of food.
		There is concern for American eel populations in the United States recently because of over-harvesting of elvers and glass eels — not enough eels are reaching adulthood to migrate back to the ocean and reproduce.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/waterbeast/eel.html (773 words)

	"Iowa Fish & Fishing" - American eel
		The American eel is mainly found in the Mississippi River and its larger tributary streams.
		Current status of the American eel in Iowa is uncertain, mostly because it is a difficult species to capture with conventional sampling methods.
		The suspected area of spawning for all freshwater eels is in the southwestern North Atlantic Ocean east of the Bahamas and southwest of Bermuda in a region often referred to as the Sargasso Sea.
	www.iowadnr.com /fish/iafish/am-eel.html (695 words)

	eel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Eels lack the hind pair of fins, adapting them for wriggling in the mud and through the crevices of reefs and rocky shores.
		The common freshwater eel, Anguilla rostrata, of the family Anguillidae, is found in the Atlantic coastal regions of Europe, in the Mediterranean area, and in North America E of the Rockies.
		When the eels are sexually mature their enormous appetite wanes, and they do not eat during migration to the spawning ground.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ee/eel.html (356 words)

	American Eel in Alabama
		Eels resemble lampreys, but the former are distinguished by their hinged jaws with well-developed teeth, paired eyes and nostrils, paired pectoral fins, and single gill slit on each side of the head.
		In 1993, we collected and released American eels at two stations in the drainage, one in Estill Fork of the Paint Rock River and another in the lower reaches of Cypress Creek in Lauderdale County.
		American eels are common in rocky shoals of tailwater areas below Jordan and Thurlow dams on the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, respectively.
	www.outdooralabama.com /fishing/freshwater/fish/eel (897 words)

	American Eel
		The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is an important part of the diversity of life in Lake Ontario and a valuable indicator of the health of the ecosystem.
		American eels are found from the Gulf of Mexico to the St. Lawrence River and the lower Great Lakes to Labrador.
		The spawning of the American eel has never been observed, but is believed to take place at depths of 600 metres in the western part of the Sargasso Sea, a region in the north Atlantic near the islands of the Bahamas and Bermuda.
	www.mnr.gov.on.ca /MNR/csb/news/2006/oct13fs_06.html (1015 words)

	SeaWeb - Ocean Briefing Book
		The American eel is considered a freshwater fish, though catadromous - it matures in fresh or brackish water and reproduces in saltwater.
		Eels aggregate seasonally to migrate, which facilitates high catch levels, and all life stages, with the exception of eggs and larvae, are marketable and thus targeted.
		Declines in eel numbers would also be expected to have some impact on the range of non-human species that require them as a food source component, such as other fish and aquatic birds and mammals.
	www.seaweb.org /resources/briefings/american_eels.php (962 words)

	American Eel in Focus
		It was during the latter part of the 18th century that scientists correctly concluded that eels must lay their eggs at sea, observing that adults left freshwater to head out to sea, and young eels were seen to return.
		American eels have also been found as far north as Greenland, and as far south as the West Indies.
		Eels are nocturnal predators, taking small fish, insects, worms, crayfish, and snails, and prefer to burrow in bottom sediment during the day.
	www.nanfa.org /fif/Ameel.shtml (1234 words)

	American Eel
		American eels may be taken as bycatch during the collection of floating sargassum weed, which they depend on for habitat.
		American eels are found in ocean waters from South America to Newfoundland in Canada and in freshwater from the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. to as far inland as South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas and in Quebec in Canada (USGS 2002).
		The fishery for American eels is linked with the fishery for horseshoe crabs, which are targeted as bait for eel and whelk fisheries and for biomedical research.
	www.blueoceaninstitute.org /seafood/species/73.html (2832 words)

	Maryland Marine Notes: May-June 2001 Spotlight - American Eel: Biology, Mystery, Management
		Yet the American eel (Anguilla rostrata), which supports a one-to-three million dollar fishery annually in the Bay, is an abundant resident of all tributaries to the Chesapeake.
		The American eel is also found along the Atlantic coast of North America, throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean to Venezuela, and inland to the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes.
		Eels have intrigued people since the time of Aristotle, who hypothesized that they were created from mud due to their appearance in lakes that were previously dry.
	www.mdsg.umd.edu /MarineNotes/May-June01/index.html (2408 words)

	The American Eel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The American Eel is one of two species that spawn in the Atlantic ocean, and migrate back to the East Coast.
		Because of their size and constant activity, the eel's tank should be twice as long, and half as wide as the length of the eel itself.
		Eels are active and reclusive, nocturnal and physically extremely hardy.
	aquariacentral.com /fishinfo/brackish/eel.shtml (465 words)

	Minnesota Profile: American Eel: Minnesota DNR
		Ocean connection The American eel is catadromous, meaning that individuals of this species spend most of their lives in freshwater but travel to the ocean to spawn.
		The origins and habits of American eels in Minnesota are not well known, but scientists think that our eels join other American—and even European—eels in the Sargasso Sea, a 2-million-square-mile floating mat of seaweed in the north Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda.
		Status The American eel is one of 292 species in greatest conservation need identified in the DNR conservation plan called Tomorrow's Habitat for the Wild and Rare.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /volunteer/mayjun06/mp.html (539 words)

	Maryland DNR Fish Fun Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The American eel has pectoral fins and a very long, continuous fin which is the dorsal fin, anal fin, and tail fin combined.
		When an eel is caught on a fishing line, the stress felt by the eel results in an increase of this slime coat.
		American eel larvae are then carried by currents to areas along the Atlantic coast.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /fisheries/education/eel/eel.html (351 words)

	American Eel - stripers 247.com - freshwater american eels
		The American eel is found widely along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, where the young eels move far upstream into small tributaries.
		Adult eels on their downstream migration toward the sea were trapped by low, in-river V-shaped wing dams, which were barricades made of rocks.
		Eels are yellowish brown to dark-olive, and lighter underneath.
	www.stripers247.com /americaneel.htm (770 words)

	American Eel Elvers - Picture - MSN Encarta
		American eels are catadromous fish, that is, they spend their adult lives in freshwater and return to the sea to spawn.
		Adult American eels live in the freshwaters of eastern North America.
		Following hatching and a period of planktonic development, the young eels, or elvers, return to freshwater rivers, where they remain until they are ready to spawn.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461517550/American_Eel_Elvers.html (78 words)

	Eel Farming in Taiwan
		Eel farming is at the top of the fishery industry in terms of export value.
		Eel culture in Taiwan can be in the form of a nursery operation, raising newly transformed elvers of Anguilla japonica to fingerlings, in the form of a production operation, raising fingerlings to market size eels, or a combination of the two.
		Because eels are a mild animal and their reproduction occurs only in the sea, they will not threaten the existence of other species in the same habitat provided that the farm eels escape into the wild.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/eelfarm.htm (3363 words)

	american eel
		American Eels are unique because they are one of the few fish that are catadromous.
		American Eels are eaten by many people, especially in Europe and Asia.
		American Eels are helpful because they control insect and fish populations.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/american_eel.htm (467 words)

	NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - State Record American Eel Caught
		American eels possess a slender, muscular, snake-like body with a small pointed head.
		Adult American eels migrate to the Sargasso Sea, a calm area in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Bahamas and south of Bermuda, to spawn.
		Eels are most active at night and spend the winter months buried in the mud.
	www.state.nj.us /dep/fgw/news/2005/receel05.htm (504 words)

	BIOMES: AMERICAN EEL FS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Unlike the conger, however, the lower jaw of the American eel is longer than the upper.
		American eels eat almost anything they can swallow, from fish to crabs.
		The flesh of the eel is edible and it is trapped for food in some parts of its range.
	www.biomescenter.com /a_eel_fact.htm (336 words)

	Fishes of Minnesota-American eel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		American eels used to be much more common in Minnesota then they are today.
		Today American eels are found mostly in the lower Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, such as the St. Croix and Minnesota rivers.
		American eels do most of their feeding at night and are exclusively meat eaters.
	www.gen.umn.edu /research/fish/fishes/american_eel.html (815 words)

	American Eel - Anguilla rostrata
		The American Eel is the only one of of sixteen species of Anguilla found in North America.
		It was caught on rod and reel in the Kansas River by Ralph B. Westerman of Manhattan.
		In Autumn, adult eels migrate from inland rivers to the Sargasso Sea where spawning is said to occur.
	www.kansasfishes.com /Pages/americaneel.htm (368 words)

	Eel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most eels prefer to dwell in shallow waters or hide at the bottom layer of the ocean, sometimes in holes.
		Eels lack pelvic fins and the associated skeletal structures.
		In Micronesia, eels are believed to hold the souls of one's departed relatives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eel (720 words)

	RUMFS research-American eel
		Eels are critical components of local estuarine ecosystems as well as an important source of bait for recreational fisherman, yet their numbers have fallen considerably over the last two decades.
		Despite these warning signs, the early life history of the American eel remains enigmatic and poorly understood, thus it is difficult to accurately determine their status.
		This work examines the linkages between glass eel supply and environmental variability for Middle Atlantic Bight populations of the potentially endangered American eel.
	marine.rutgers.edu /anguilla/eel.htm (397 words)

	American Eel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Most eel species are exclusively marine, with only one species, the american eel, inhabiting freshwater systems of Quebec.
		Eels are unique in that they are catadromous; adults migrate from freshwater to the Atlantic Ocean (the Sargasso Sea) to spawn.
		Eels generally reach a maximum size of 60 cm in length.
	www.redpath-museum.mcgill.ca /Qbp/fish/specpages/americaneel.htm (87 words)

	BIOMES: AMERICAN EEL INFO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Eels spend most of their lives in freshwater, although males tend to stay close to the ocean and may be found in salt water bays and brackish water estuaries.
		Eels are highly nocturnal, feeding on crabs, fish and crayfish which they hunt for by smell.
		Eels are edible but more commonly eaten in Europe than in the States, although they are still heavily fished using traps called “eel pots”.
	www.biomescenter.com /a_eel_learn.htm (722 words)

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