Furthermore, huge quantities of eels of different species, live elvers as well as processed eels, are transported across the globe.
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There is no evidence that recent low catches of elvers are due to pollution.
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There is also a small commercial fishery for eels, both as elvers and adults, associated with the river.
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The salmon, the elvers—the baby eels which come at this time of the year—and other fish are a very important source of revenue to fishermen.
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The fish monitoring scheme will be for marine and coarse fish, as well as migratory fish such as salmon, sea trout, shad and elvers.
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The life-cycle of elvers is still not properly understood with gluts and shortages alternating in a not fully understood pattern.
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As regards migratory fish, sea trout, smelt, eels and elvers, lampreys and lamperns, shad and flounders have recently been recorded there.
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Stocks of elvers wax and wane even if there is a downward overall decline.
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That does not seem a very commercial proposition, especially when we consider that we have in this country one of the finest natural supplies of elvers in the world.
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Eel larvae then metamorphose into glass eels and then become elvers before finally seeking out their juvenile and adult habitats.
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The operation now transfers elvers just past the dam due to these concerns.
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Fishermen consumed elvers as a cheap dish, but environmental changes have reduced eel populations.
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Traditionally, fishermen consumed elvers as a cheap dish, but environmental changes have reduced eel populations.
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In freshwater, they develop pigmentation, turn into "elvers" (young eels) and feed on creatures such as small crustaceans, worms and insects.
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Freshwater elvers travel upstream and are forced to climb up obstructions, such as weirs, dam walls, and natural waterfalls.
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