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.
More than a million elvers caught on the Parrett
A project to catch a re-home baby eels living in the River Parrett is being hailed a success.
A team of fishermen had been tasked with collecting one million baby eels (known as elvers). They beat the target by 200,000. The final count came in at 1.2 million.
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