NEW YORK: A combination of warm temperatures and anoxic water conditions was the likely cause of the discovery of more than two dozen dead eels here Saturday, says a veteran eel fisherman.
Allan McInnis, who is in his 46th season of fishing eels, said moving the season later into the year when the water is cooler may also prevent future incidents of dead eels washing ashore.
McInnis said in an interview with The Guardian Sunday that if eels are netted during warm water or anoxic conditions, the lack of oxygen can often cause their death.
“If the eels are left not moving in warm water, they could die,” said McInnis, who fishes in Cascumpec. “It’s probably not the right thing to be throwing it (the dead fish) back out into the water. But most times a gull would probably come along.”
McInnis also pointed to a recent anoxic event in Montrose, an area where the water doesn’t seem to flow as well.
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