A population study of the eel Anguilla anguilla in Meelick Bay, Lough Derg

• Main Author: Moriarty, C.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Fisheries and Forestry 1983
• Subjects: eel Anguilla anguilla; Meelick Bay; Lough Derg; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10793/176

Monthly samples totalling 1,945 yellow eels were caught by fyke net in a small bay, area 100 hectares, of a large lake in 1981 and 1982. Catch per unit effort figures showed that population density varied between months and between specific areas of the bay. Most of the eels sampled (80%) measured b...