A BRIDGE FOR EELS

Live Eel Trials    •    ZSL Institute Of Zoology, 2026

Live eel trials, ZSL Institute of Zoology, London. European eels (Anguilla anguilla) interacting with waste-shell ceramic eel-pass tiles under controlled flume conditions. Footage captured via flume-mounted cameras.

With thanks to Chris Sergeant, Adam Piper, Darryl Clifton-Dey and the team at ZSL Institute of Zoology, and to the Environment Agency.
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Some fun facts about European eels...


95% decline in glass eel recruitment since 1980.5> 5000 km of ocean are crossed by drifting larvae travelling from the Sargasso Sea to Europe.


< 1% of European eel larvae survive the ocean crossing.£2.5B annual illegal trade. Glass eels are worth more per kilo than cocaine.