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.
500,000 eels already rescued from River Parrett
Fishermen have been out over the weekend in a project to catch and re-home a million eels or elvers. 500,000 have been rescued from the River Parrett and moved upstream. The operation will continue tonight where fishermen will be hoping to catch and move a million.
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