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    “Just stop fishing for eels”, say researchers, but Swedish eel fishermen disagree

    “Just stop fishing for eels”, say researchers, but Swedish eel fishermen disagree

    Once upon a time, eel was Sweden's most common fish. It was found everywhere but was fished so heavily that it is now on the verge of extinction. The eel population is now one per cent of what it was in the 1950s. According to researchers, we must stop fishing for eel if it is to have a chance of survival, but fishermen disagree.