The Virginia Institute of Marine Science is researching the American eel in order to better understand what affects its numbers and to better manage the fishery.

Every spring when baby eels drift into the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic, then swim like mad up tributary rivers and creeks toward fresh water, Troy Tuckey is waiting for them. continued@dailypress

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