Geological Survey’s Western Fisheries Research Center, Washington Sea Grant, EPA and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe collected data and images from a long-term study of the Elwha River dam removals and the resulting effects on the nearshore ecosystem. There were no wolf-eel present when surveyed. Juvenile wolf eel - Scuba divers from the U.S. Trawler nets, which many fishermen use, are particularly damaging because they destroy rocky reefs where wolf eels reside. Conservationists and scientists suggest using alternative method of logline traps which won't damage the reefs.Īccording to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife "the wolf eel appears to be a species that is sensitive to harvest and may be affected by competition with Pacific giant octopus and with fisheries During 1999, one area in the harvest zone was surveyed that once contained a large wolf-eel colony. Because wolf eels make their home in rocky reefs their homes are susceptible to damage from storms, pollution, trawler nets and other factors. Human pollution can affect wolf eel habitat, degrading it and making it uninhabitable. Comments : Want to meet some of the friendliest Wolf-Eels in the northwest There are at least four (and probably many more) hanging out under some. Wolf eels are often caught in crab traps or fishing nets.
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About two thirds were speared by skin divers and most of the others were caught by skiff fishermen. Crey's article discusses a breeding and release program for VPA.Ī survey from 1957-1961 stated that sport fishermen took an estimated 200 wolf eels a year. There have been efforts to restore wolf populations in some areas. Local populations of wolf eels have been wiped out in waters of many metropolitan areas as a consequence of fishermen and aquarium collectors as well as habitat destruction, pollution and accidental catching once eliminated from a site wolf eels will not return naturally (Creys).
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