Roanoke River fishermen: The Gov't wants your eels

[Mattfish]

Not only do they want your money but they also want any American Eels you catch, for study (which most of us won't mind).


Here's what I found on their site:
Fishing News

WANTED - American eels from the Roanoke River basin, upstream of Roanoke Rapids Dam

Dominion (Virginia/North Carolina Power) in cooperation with state and federal resource agencies is investigating the presence of American eels in the Roanoke River upstream of Roanoke Rapids Dam, North Carolina. The study is being conducted as part of a program to provide passage for American eels upstream of dams owned and operated by Dominion. Any eels caught by anglers from the Roanoke (Staunton) River or its tributary streams (including the Hyco, Pigg, and Dan rivers), or from Roanoke Rapids Lake, Lake Gaston, Kerr Reservoir, Leesville Reservoir or Smith Mountain Lake are of interest.
If you catch an American eel from the upper Roanoke River drainage basin, it would benefit the study if you kept the eel and contacted Bob Graham of Dominion at 804 271-5377, or bob.graham@dom.com. Bob will make arrangements with you to collect the eel for scientific study. As soon as possible after catching the eel it should be bagged and frozen. If facilities are not available to freeze the eel, it should be kept on ice. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated, and will benefit efforts to restore American eels to their historic range. Thank you!






Not sure if this is interesting to anyone, but I thought I might pass it along.