Eels, however, swim out to the Sargasso Sea, in the North Atlantic, to reproduce.
Like cod, eels used to be so plentiful that nobody believed they could be in trouble.
The team found 32 specimens, including carp, eels, chub and roach, alive in that area.
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When it was really hot, he liked to run to the riverbank and roll in dead eels.
Always swimming underwater, the black waves of her hair flowing behind her like a school of eels.
Since Eels' debut album in 1996, Everett has made moody rock music with rough edges and tuneful melodies.
The fish, which included bream, roach and some eels, were released safely in another part of the canal.
Thousands of Salmon, sea trout and eels will now be able to swim through the Warkworth Dam fish pass.
The tuna go through large bandsaws, while eels are pinned through the eyes to a wooden board and skinned.
"I've had a few chances in big games and this is the biggest for me, " said the Parramatta Eels player.
Sea turtles, elephant seals and many other fish, including eels, tuna and sturgeon, have a similar migratory strategy, he added.
'Fancy it having been wet sea here once, all sloppy and shiny, ' said Jane, 'with fishes and conger-eels and coral and mermaids.
The Olympics site in east London has kingfishers and plenty of eels.
The young eels, called glass eels when they are at sea, are then carried by the Gulf Stream and reach river systems across Europe.
The agency says the area, near the Slimbridge Wetland Centre, is of "international importance" for migrating wildfowl, breeding waders, migratory fish and Atlantic eels.
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Last summer I kayak fished with him amid 6-foot swells, as all around us hungry bonito and bluefish chased thousands of inch-long sand eels.
Sink into relaxation with your included 35-minute massages, or dive right into a snorkelling excursion for a swim alongside fish, eels and exotic sea fauna.
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.
Eels is an excellent read, part natural history, part social history.
They fear that with vital catches of fish such as sand eels getting smaller, breeds like puffins and guillemots may also decline in the future.
The agency said eels were not only a key part of the ecology of Welsh rivers, but also provided an income to 250, 000 fishermen across Europe.
During 20 minutes of snorkeling off the beach at Coral Bay (pop. 120), we saw blue-spotted stingrays, moray eels, manta rays and dozens of fish species.
In north Wales, the Environment Agency is investigating how hundreds of young brown trout and eels died in a stream near the Gaerwen abattoir on Anglesey.
Like most of his compatriots who worked the city underground, Mr. Gasnick had taken a variety of fish over the years including pickerel, carp, goldfish, smelt, catfish and eels.
Aid agencies offer free building materials to those who will help clear up the dead conger eels, oil drums and concrete girders that litter newly drained parts of the town.
But the most striking bits of the book are about the eels' determination to get to their destination, weaving braids of living bodies to climb waterfalls and walls, and even crossing land where necessary.
And he told Australian reporters at his first news conference in charge of the Eels that Orford is keen to return to the NRL and that there could be developments in the next few weeks.
In many ways, he says, the album marks a tonal shift away from the intimate songs of 2004's Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, and instead reflects the mood of the song "Dog Faced Boy, " from Eels' 2001 album Souljacker.
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