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.
New home for more than a million elvers
A million baby eels will be re-homed in Somerset this afternoon in what is described as the biggest ever effort to help endangered eel populations in the UK. The elvers were caught in the River Parrett this week and will be released in a nature reserve.
They need human help because their way is blocked by weirs and gates. When they are grown they will swim back across the Atlantic to breed.
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