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	European eel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The slimy coating of the eel is thought to protect the fish against changes in salinity.
		Since the 1970s, the numbers of eels reaching Europe is thought to have declined by around 90% (possibly even 98%).
		Eels have been important sources of food both as adults (including the infamous jellied eels of East London) and as elvers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_eel (235 words)

	Eel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some eels dwell in deep water (in case of family Synaphobranchidae, this comes to a depth of 4,000 m), or are active swimmers (the family Nemichthyidae - to the depth of 500 m).
		Freshwater eels (unagi) and marine eels (Conger eel, anago) are commonly used in Japanese cuisine.
		Eels in jellied form are a delicacy associated with East London.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eel (602 words)

	Eel
		His proposal was to release 50 Silver Eels from Danish waters with probes that will detach from the eels each second day, float up and broadcast position, depth and temperature to satellite receivers, possibly jointly with an equivalent release experiment from the countries of the western coast of the Atlantic.
		European demand for eels could not be met for the first time ever, and dealers from Asia bought all they could grab.
		In Europe, eel populations are infected already from 30% to 100% with the nematode.
	www.edinformatics.com /culinaryarts/food_encyclopedia/eel.htm (1204 words)

	Eel - MSN Encarta
		These eels, which are the most important as food and are often sold live in markets, have dense capillary systems close to the skin that can absorb oxygen directly from air or water.
		When the very similar European eel and the American eel reach maturity in freshwater lakes and rivers, they take watercourses, sometimes slithering overland through dewy grass, to reach the ocean, where they swim or drift with currents for as long as a year until they reach the sluggish, weed-filled Sargasso.
		The conger eel is classified as Conger conger, the European eel is classified as Anguilla anguilla, and the American eel is classified as Anguilla rostrata.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761563337 (440 words)

	Traffic Bulletin: Vol. 19, No. 2 (November 2002)
		Eels are teleost fish (fish with bony skeletons) belonging to the superorder Elopomorpha and the family Anguillidae (Nelson, 1994).
		It is known that the European Eel (and the American Eel) spawns in the Sargasso Sea in the western Atlantic Ocean, and the Japanese Eel, off the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, and that the newly hatched larvae (leptocephali) are carried inland on currents (Figure 3) (Tsukamoto, 1992).
		Eels are targeted at the stage they have reached in their life cycle when they pass through coastal waters, estuaries and rivers: glass eels are caught in southwest Europe and northwest Africa, yellow eels throughout the distribution area.
	www.traffic.org /bulletin/Nov2002/eels2.html (1204 words)

	Eel
		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.
		Eels (European) are among the most prolific fish, ordinary females averaging 5 to 10 million eggs and the largest ones certainly 15 to 20 million.
		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.
	www.gma.org /fogm/Anguilla_rostrata.htm (2266 words)

	Anguillidae
		The European eel migrates from the sea to freshwater during its larval and juvenile stages.
		Eels are found in marine coastal waters, brackish waters (estuaries, lagoons, mangroves), and inland waters (rivers, streams, lakes, and marshes).
		Once in brackish lagoons or in freshwater the young eels, which are yellowish to greenish brown become increasingly sedentary and territorial, adopting a large solitary existence, marked by a high rate of feeding on a wide range of animal species.
	www.uaex.edu /pperschbacher/Fish/European-eel.htm (774 words)

	Marine World - Article about European eels
		Eel farming depends entirely on wild-caught seed material, as the eel has not been successfully bred in captivity.
		Eels that reach this size or age are rare as during their time in the river they are heavily targeted by fisheries that yield ca.
		Fascinating as the eel’s biology and all its remaining mysteries may be, this is not why ICES became involved with eels.
	www.ices.dk /marineworld/eel.asp (1018 words)

	Growfish - Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN)
		The European eel, a snakelike fish with a mysterious life cycle, has managed to survive in rivers and on farms despite overfishing and a loss of natural habitat, thanks to artificial restocking with "glass eel" - tiny eel fry.
		For the 25,000 eel fishers and countless animals that live off the eels, the future is uncertain.
		Eel live in fresh water for 15 to 20 years, then, turning from yellowish green to silver, swim far out into the Atlantic Ocean and are believed to spawn somewhere in the vast kelp bed of the Sargasso Sea.
	www.growfish.com.au /content.asp?contentid=2480 (684 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)

	TRAFFIC Dispatches Number 16 March 2001
		Also, dams that limit the migration of eels (in "silver eel" stage) back to the sea, and possibly the subsequent reproduction and survival of early larvae together with over-fishing at local rivers and estuaries are thought to contribute to the decline.
		Eels are mostly caught young in Western Europe and then exported to Asian eel farms in China, South Korea and Japan and then sold and consumed mainly in Japan.
		Recently, the commercial aspects of eel fisheries have also been highlighted in discussions between the FAO Working Group on European Eel of the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Committee (EIFAC) and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and it is anticipated that further discussions about these issues will follow.
	www.traffic.org /dispatches/archives/march2001/eel.html (739 words)

	European Eel Population Is Collapsing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Eel live in fresh water for 15 to 20 years, then head for the ocean when they are ready to breed, changing from a yellowish green to a silver color as they go.
		Because the American eel population is also in decline, some scientists believe the real problem may be changes in ocean currents due to global warming or a parasite or virus that has infected the breeding zone.
		Glass eels are caught mostly on the shores of France, Spain, and Portugal, while the northern European industry is focused on adults.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/InNews/collapsing2004.html (735 words)

	AMERICAN EEL (ANGUILLA ROSTRATA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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.
		The other species, The European Eel, is identical to the American, but migrates east to the coasts of Europe and other countries.
	www.millevolte.com /nativefish01.html (467 words)

	European inland fisheries advisory commission international council for the exploration of the sea
		Antunes, J. and Tesch, F-W.: Eel larvae (Anguilla anguilla L.) caught by R. “Heincke” at the European continental slope in the autumn of 1991.
		Lobon-Cervia, J., Utrilla, C. and Rioncon, P. A.: Longitudinal variations in the population dynamics of the European eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) in a Cantabrian river basin.
		Klein Breteler, J.: Stockings of pre-winter and post-winter glass eels and of elvers from aquaculture: growth and survival in mesocosms.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/V5343E/V5343E17.htm (880 words)

	Eurofish - Eel 8/04
		No one knows exactly what the reasons are for the eel’s absence but there is certainly no lack of theories and attempts to explain the situation: Overfishing and water pollution are named just as often as river obstructions such as weirs and barriers or hydroelectric power stations whose turbines injure or even kill the eels.
		The glass eel fishery in the river estuaries that mainly provides stock for the eel farms must be regulated so that there are still enough glass eels left to ascend into the rivers.
		Restocking (eels are caught in one region and then released in other regions) has a long tradition in Europe, sometimes dating back as far as the 19th century.
	www.eurofish.dk /indexSub.php?id=1861 (3566 words)

	BIOMES: AMERICAN EEL INFO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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)

	Mauritius Eel
		In Japan the freshwater and saltwater eels are often used in their cuisine but are also used in shanghai and Cantonese cuisine too.
		And the European eel is eaten in European countries and other places of the world.
		The moray eel is known as “anguille morel” in Mauritius.
	www.travelmauritius.info /eel.html (140 words)

	Atlantic Ocean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Within the North Atlantic, ocean currents isolate a large elongated body of water known as the Sargasso Sea, in which the salinity is noticeably higher than average.
		The Sargasso Sea contains large amounts of seaweed and is also the spawning ground for the European eel.
		Eel, lobster, and whales have also been taken in great quantities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atlantic_Ocean (2349 words)

	American Eel Endangered List
		As temperatures cool and eels make their way downriver in their migration to spawn in the ocean, they undergo physical changes to prepare their bodies for spawning and for the transition from freshwater to the marine environment.
		According to recent European research, eels that are delayed, for example due to barriers or rises in temperature, and are unable to complete their downriver migration can actually reverse that physical change and regenerate their guts.
		Bell remains interested in reviewing new scientific and commercial data on the eel’s status, threats that may affect the species, and life history characteristics important to understanding the impact of threats as she coordinates the status review.
	www.fws.gov /northeast/AmEel/statusreprog.html (845 words)

	Eel migration to the Sargasso: remarkably high swimming efficiency and low energy costs -- van Ginneken et al. 208 (7): ...
		migration (5000–6000 km) of the European eel Anguilla
		the smallest eel larvae (leptocephali) of the European eel Anguilla anguilla
		eel and trout of 0.68 and 2.73 kJ kg
	jeb.biologists.org /cgi/content/full/208/7/1329 (3981 words)

	Expression of a duplicate Na,K-ATPase beta 1-isoform in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) -- Cutler et al. 279 (1): ...
		not be a homolog of this gene (the eel
		Eels have two morphologically distinct developmental stages in the adult phase of their life cycle.
		Immunolocalisation of aquaporin 3 in the gill and the gastrointestinal tract of the European eel Anguilla anguilla (L.)
	ajpregu.physiology.org /cgi/content/full/279/1/R222 (4694 words)

	Swimming in chemicals \| Greenpeace International
		Adding insult to injury, the eel is already vanishing from lakes and rivers across Europe, and some of these toxic chemicals look as if they might last longer than the species itself.
		With populations in some European waters as low as 1 percent of historic levels, the eel clearly doesn't need a toxic burden.
		But while eels might be slippery and tricky to control they have nothing on the worst excesses of the chemical industry.
	www.greenpeace.org /international/news/toxicpollutioneels111 (661 words)

	Regulation of expression of two aquaporin homologs in the intestine of the European eel: effects of seawater ...
		Western blot analysis of AQP1 in tissues from the anterior, mid- and posterior/rectal intestine of silver eels maintained in FW or acclimated for 3 wk to a SW environment.
		Typical immunofluorescence of the blood vessels of the submucosa: SW-acclimated eel midintestine (E); SW-acclimated eel anterior intestine (F); SW- and FW-acclimated eel posterior intestine (G and H, respectively); and posterior intestinal and rectal epithelium of SW-acclimated silver eels (posterior intestine, A and B; rectum, C).
		Effects of adrenalectomy and cortisol injection on the in vitro movement of water by the intestine of the freshwater European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.).
	ajpregu.physiology.org /cgi/content/full/288/6/R1733 (7059 words)

	The eel's disappearing act - Spectrum - eel stocks diminishing - Brief Article Environment - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The eels found in most coastal and inland waters around Europe and along the Mediterranean coasts of Africa and Asia almost seem ubiquitous.
		In the last 20 years, European eel stocks have declined to just 1 percent of their former levels, and Asian eels to 10 percent.
		For instance, although European eel larvae have been found in the Sargasso Sea south of Bermuda, no one knows where European eels spawn: Neither spawning fish nor eggs have ever been observed in the wild.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1076/is_10_45/ai_111496487 (299 words)

	Species Summary for Anguilla anguilla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Recent genomic DNA studies show that the European eel exhibits isolation by distance, implying that non-random mating and restricted gene flow among eels from different location exists (Ref. 43723).
		The 'schools' of elvers and young eels which are observed from time to time in estuaries and rivers are a mass response to outward conditions and not of active assembling.
		At an age of 6-30 years, eels begin to undergo a remarkable series of changes, eyes are enlarged, head becomes pointed, skin on the back darker, while that on the belly becomes shiny and silvery.
	filaman.ifm-geomar.de /Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=35 (689 words)

	Search Tuna Report for american eel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The American eel Anguilla rostrata is found over a large geographic range much of the eastern coast of North America including the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario, deep into the Mississippi drainage basin, through Central America into northern South America, and as far northeast as southern Greenland.
		The Eel Is An Abundant Resident Of All Tributaries To The Chesapeake Bay.
		Eels Are Catadromous, Spawning In Saltwater And Maturing In Freshwater....
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/3171.html (2508 words)

	European Law - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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	au.encarta.msn.com /European_Law.html (94 words)

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