The prehistoric species fighting for survival in Lough Neagh
Restrictions have been placed on fishing the critically-endangered European eel in Lough Neagh to try to restore the species
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"It is only recently we have come to realise that as part of their process of changing from yellow to silver eels, they go through a range of really incredible metamorphic changes."
— Professor Derek Evans , Academic
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Restrictions have been placed on fishing the critically-endangered European eel in Lough Neagh to try to restore the species
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