A puffin eats sand eels at England's Farne Islands National Nature Reserve. (Wildlife Terry via Flickr) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — The European Union told an arbitration court on Tuesday the United ...

Sand eels are not even eels. They are long, thin fish, useful to humans only to produce fishmeal. But puffins and kittiwakes love them; and in view of these birds’ declining numbers, the UK last year ...

The EU has taken legal action against the UK, arguing that its ban on sand eel fishing in North Sea waters violates post-Brexit fishing agreements, Reuters reported. The case challenges UK ...

Eels caught in Lower Lough Erne as part of a continuing trap and transport programme could be part of the species' salvation. Commercial eel-fishing has been suspended on Lough Neagh - 70 miles from ...

A 7-foot-long (2.1 meters) conger eel was caught off the southwestern coast of the United Kingdom near Devon. (Plymouth Fisheries) A silvery-gray conger eel had already gone limp by the time fishermen ...

Interviews with experts and key players across four countries reveal why efforts to stop the multibillion-euro trafficking industry have failed – and how to save the endangered fish By 10am on the ...

Narrow lanes of water are being created to provide eels with a route around artificial barriers such as dams and weirs (Derek Middleton/Western Sussex Rivers Trust/PA) Dedicated “eel lanes” are being ...