ESBs truck and transport programme for silver eels on the Shannon is inadequate mitigation for an endangered species The ESB run a trap and overland transport programme for silver eels. The idea is to catch silver eels in coghill nets attached to the bridge at Killaloe, and then transport the captured silver eels downstream in trucks and release them below the turbines. When setting out the Shannon River Basin Eel Management Plan no changes whatsoever were made in relation to hydro generation protocols. Meanwhile, eel fishing was banned and this trap and overland transport mitigation was introduced. However, there are a number of problems with this trap and transport programme, which include the relatively low efficiency of this operation and also the impact of excessive handling on the captured eels. Most of silver eels migrating down the River Shannon still have to pass though the turbines at Ardnacrusha hydroelectric station, with devastating consequences. Read the full article here:- europeaneel/2014/11/09/esb-eel-trap-and-transport/
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 15:36:48 +0000