Research Document - 2010/138
Status of American Eel in Newfoundland and Labrador Region: Prepared for the Pre-COSEWIC and Eel Zonal Advisory Process (ZAP), Ottawa, August 31 to Sept 3, 2010
By G. Veinott and K. Clarke
Abstract
Severe declines in several abundance indicators of American Eel in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River region of Canada as well as international concern over declines in other Anguilla species has resulted in a need for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to examine the status of eels in Canada. In the Newfoundland and Labrador Region, American Eel are found throughout insular Newfoundland and as far north as Postville in Labrador. Adult and juvenile eel occupy fresh and estuarine waters throughout the region. There was evidence of a reduction of eel abundances from the 1980’s to the 1990’s in Newfoundland but more recent fisheries independent data is lacking. Indications from salmonid counting fences and the commercial catch data suggest abundances are either stable or improving.
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