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| Signs at each bridge encouraging people not to kill the eels |
We have longfin eels in our gully system. The children up
the Gordonton Road end of the stream feed them with raw cheap barbeque
sausages. These eels get very friendly and are great fun to watch. There are
two species in our stream, the shortfin (the smaller more common one) and the
longfin which is classified as “at risk – declining”.
It is of concern that we see signs of fishing and killing of
eels in the gully. We cannot stress enough how enjoyable it is to feed them and
enjoy seeing them. Killing them is pointless destruction particularly when most
people would not be able to tell the difference between the longfin (classified
as “at risk – declining”) and the more common shortfin eel.
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| Feeding the eels can be very rewarding |
This link takes you to some interesting information about
eels on the Stuff website:
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