The fish, which included bream, roach and some eels, were released safely in another part of the canal.

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The fish, which include bream, roach and some eels, are being held in fresh water buckets and released safely in another part of the canal.

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The Canal and River Trust said the fish, including roach, perch and bream, will be stunned with an electric pulse, before they are taken to Erewash Canal.

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Coarse fish swam in them: pike and carp, tench and bream, and so on down to the tiny dace and gudgeon.

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