[NatureNS] re Common Eels & Eel Traps ?

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Regarding common or American eels, haven't we been hearing for a  
while some concerns about declines in the Maritimes populations of  
the eels??  Could this elver fishery or the fishery for adults have  
anything to do with that.  And then there are the new? nematode/ 
roundworm parasites of the air bladders? of the eels as another  
factor in declines? (parasites are being studied at Cape Breton Univ.  
-- what is the name of that Web site that she (Janice Moore?) has on  
rare parts of the fauna??

P.S. Paul, also I am tempted to ask about the "Eil Weir" area in his  
earlier post -- I want to act the bully and change that to Eel Weir  
-- would I be right (for the area in Keji' Park)??

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.

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> From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
> Date: April 18, 2012 1:31:10 PM ADT
> To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eel Traps ?
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Hi Dusan
> Some rivers there will be quite a few traps late in the summer.
> Almost any fish is fine for bait. The price of eels has not been  
> very good for the
> anglers the last few years so not so many bother to set their traps.
> Some anglers set more permanent wooden traps which of course need  
> be removed each year.
> Often high water will wash the traps away so they might be found  
> almost
> anywhere along the river.
> Varies with the price.
> The price of elvers is very good just now so the elver fishery is  
> in full swing.
> Have a nice spring
> Paul
>
> From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:11:50 AM
> Subject: [NatureNS] Eel Traps ?
>
>   Recently, while cleaning up a campsite on Hants County's Herbert  
> River, I came across a pair of cone-shaped pieces of galvanized  
> metal with holes at the apices. Bits of rusted chicken wire were  
> still attached.
>   A local fisherman told me that they are the end-pieces of a  
> cylindrical eel trap. Obviously, the chicken wire that had held the  
> pair of conical metal endpieces together (and the captured eels  
> inside) had rusted out.
>   Anyone on NatureNS with an eel trap story? Are there other  
> designs of eel traps out there, besides these cylinders and besides  
> eel weirs? What do you use for bait?
>   Dusan Soudek
>
>
>
>
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Regarding common or American eels, haven't we been hearing for a while =
some concerns about declines in the Maritimes populations of the eels?? =
&nbsp;Could this elver fishery or the fishery for adults have anything =
to do with that. &nbsp;And then there are the new? nematode/roundworm =
parasites of the air bladders? of the eels as another factor in =
declines? (parasites are being studied at Cape Breton Univ. -- what is =
the name of that Web site that she (Janice Moore?) has on rare parts of =
the fauna??<div><br></div><div>P.S. Paul, also I am tempted to ask about =
the "Eil Weir" area in his earlier post -- I want to act the bully and =
change that to Eel Weir -- would I be right (for the area in Keji' =
Park)??</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
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new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi =
Dusan</span></div><div><span>Some rivers there will be quite a few traps =
late in the summer.</span></div><div><span>Almost any fish is fine for =
bait. The price of eels has not been very good for =
the</span></div><div><span>anglers the last few years so not so many =
bother to set their traps.</span></div><div><span>Some anglers set more =
permanent wooden traps which of course need be removed each =
year.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span>Often high water will wash the traps =
away so they might be found almost</span></div><div><span>anywhere along =
the river.&