Hormone‐induced maturation in male New Zealand freshwater eels (Anguillaspp.)

Exploitation of freshwater eels in National Parks

Genetic principles for freshwater restoration in New Zealand

Habitat fragmentation and destruction can lead to loss of genetic diversity within and among populations. One goal of restoration projects is to minimise loss of genetic diversity and to preserve genetic structure. Restoration may involve the release of wild-caught or hatchery-produced individuals to re-establish or augment populations, and targets species with weak dispersal potential. Key cri...

Deep-ocean origin of the freshwater eels

Of more than 800 species of eels of the order Anguilliformes, only freshwater eels (genus Anguilla with 16 species plus three subspecies) spend most of their lives in freshwater during their catadromous life cycle. Nevertheless, because their spawning areas are located offshore in the open ocean, they migrate back to their specific breeding places in the ocean, often located thousands of kilome...

Interacting Factors Associated with Adult Male Drowning in New Zealand

OBJECTIVES i) to identify factors that contribute to the global trend of the higher incidence of male drowning relative to females, and; ii) to explore relationships between such factors from mortality data in New Zealand. METHODS Drownings from 1983 to 2012 were examined for: Age, Ethnicity, Site, Activity, Buoyancy and Alcohol. Conditional frequency tables presented as mosaic plots were use...

review of the freshwater eels of iran (family anguillidae)

the systematics, morphology, distribution, biology, economic importance and conservation of the freshwater eel ( anguilla anguilla ) of iran are described, the species is illustrated, and a bibliography on this fish in iran is provided. the species is found in the caspian sea basin as an exotic.