Dutch fishermen catching eels to release them in the “Eels over the Dyke” project

Video. Europe tries to save the eel population as numbers reach historic low

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For millions of years, eels have been migrating from the Atlantic ocean into European rivers. Today the eel population has fallen to a historic low. But scientists, industry, NGOs and regulators are working together to restore stocks.

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