The study showed one particular eel completed a huge journey of 6,982km during 273 days at sea. Irish eels are proving themselves to be an adventurous bunch – after new research showed they make an annual 5,000km swim to the Bahamas. Experts from Inland Fisheries Ireland have cracked one of the greatest animal migration stories after using pop-up satellite tags fitted to 40 fish to track the mammoth journey…
Irish Mirror, 24/10/16. Read the full article ‘Irish eels swim 5,000km every year to spawn in the Bahamas‘.
