Glass Eels

Eel Rescue Project Underway in Greenwich, CT Eel Rescue Project Underway in Greenwich, CT

The CTPost interviews Joe Cassone, a Greenwich, Connecticut, conservationist, about the plight of juvenile eels, also called elvers or glass eels, as they try to make their way upstream in the Byram River. Cassone wants to install an “eel...

» April 3rd, 2012
Video: Elvers Are in the Building! Video: Elvers Are in the Building!

While the unusual early return of blueback herring and alewives to the coastal rivers and streams is making news this month, there’s another aquatic migrant that deserves our attention—one whose journey from sea to freshwater and back is no...

» March 27th, 2012
Juvenile Eels Fetching Record Prices Juvenile Eels Fetching Record Prices

Lincoln County News: Now is a very good time to be an elver fisherman. Elvers, commonly known as glass eels, are the young of the American eel. They are almost completely clear and only a few centimeters long, but nonetheless...

» May 19th, 2011