On the actual recruitment of European eel ( Anguilla anguilla) in the River Ems, Germany

• Published in: Fisheries Management and Ecology
• Main Authors: Diekmann, Markus, Simon, Janek, Salva, Jens
• Other Authors: Lower Saxony Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Weir; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fme.12314; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Ffme.12314; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/fme.12314

Abstract Data from the historical River Ems glass eel fisheries in the 20th Century have been used for the ICES recruitment series. Commercial catches ceased from 1980 and dropped to zero; thus, eel recruitment data are since lacking. The present study assessed the actual eel recruitment to the Rive...