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 ...

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 ...

Gary McErlain said the support package has left people with a lot of questions. A new financial scheme to support eel fishermen on Lough Neagh should be "urgently" reconsidered, according to a seventh ...

Scientists were baffled over how eels reproduced for thousands of years – leading to the belief they spontaneously spawned ...

Lough Neagh fishermen have said that pollution "cannot be allowed" to bring an end to eel fishing on the lough. Brown eel fishing will not resume in the area this year due to environmental changes.