Glaven Eel Project
Glaven Eel Project
Norfolk Rivers Trust (NRT) has delivered a two-year Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) project working with eels in the River Glaven. The main aims of the project were to:
- Find out more about the populations and movements of eels in the Glaven Catchment.
- To improve habitats for eels.
- To deliver some exciting heritage and education work with local schools and communities.
Since 2013, there has been a legal requirement that 60% of elver’s caught should be made available for restocking and educational purposes. Consequently, in 2015 and 2016, we received some elvers from the River Severn to distribute around local schools – these included Walsingham, Holt, Blakeney, Sheringham and Astley – all located near the River Glaven.
As well as caring for these elvers in the classroom over the summer months, the children were involved in the elver’s release process and undertook various workshops and creative activities to learn about eel conservation and lifecycles, water quality and river restoration. The overall aim of this project was to encourage young people to engage with their local river and be aware of their own impact on the local environment.
Project partners:
Project partners included the Norfolk Coast Partnership, University College London, The River Glaven Conservation Group, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (EIFCA), the Environment Agency, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Holt Hall and the National Trust.
