More than a million eels caught in Somerset
A project to catch a million baby eels on the River Parrett, Somerset, in one night gets underway.
A million baby eels are moved upstream
More than a million baby eels have been caught from the River Parrett.
The elvers, as they are called, are trying to swim up the waterways of the Somerset Levels but can't get there themselves.
Their swim is blocked by weirs, dams and other man-made barriers. So a team has been catching the fish downstream and driving them there instead.
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