A Most Unusual Fish – The American Eel with Stephen Gephard
April 9, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Saturday, April 9, 2022
One of the most widely distributed and undoubtedly most fascinating fish species in Connecticut is also one of the least observed—the American Eel. The American Eel engages in spawning migrations exactly opposite of that of the salmon. It swims to sea to spawn. This enigmatic species was found just about everywhere in the region when Europeans first arrived but Steve will explain what has caused its distribution and numbers to drop and what efforts are being made to restore the eels runs that have been lost. Steve recently retired from the Connecticut DEEP/Fisheries Division where he supervised the management of eels and other migratory fishes in Connecticut. 10:00 a.m., ZOOM, Members: FREE Non-Members: $10.00. Pre-registration is required. Register online www.whitememorialcc.org or call 860-567-0857. A link to the program will be sent to you with your receipt.
About Our Speaker
Steve Gephard is a fisheries biologist with extensive experience with migratory (diadromous) fish that migrate back and forth between the ocean and our rivers. He recently retired from the CT DEEP’s Fisheries Division after a 42-year career which included him supervising the Diadromous Fish Program, which included American eel, Atlantic salmon, river herring, and more. He was the first chairman of the American Eel Technical Committee for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. He remains active in the field after retirement as a consultant, specializing in getting fish migrations around dams either by removing the dam or building a fishway. He also continues as one of the three U.S. Commissioners to the international North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Commission.
Saturday, April 9, 2022
One of the most widely distributed and undoubtedly most fascinating fish species in Connecticut is also one of the least observed—the American Eel. The American Eel engages in spawning migrations exactly opposite of that of the salmon. It swims to sea to spawn. This enigmatic species was found just about everywhere in the region when Europeans first arrived but Steve will explain what has caused its distribution and numbers to drop and what efforts are being made to restore the eels runs that have been lost. Steve recently retired from the Connecticut DEEP/Fisheries Division where he supervised the management of eels and other migratory fishes in Connecticut. 10:00 a.m., ZOOM, Members: FREE Non-Members: $10.00. Pre-registration is required. Register online www.whitememorialcc.org or call 860-567-0857. A link to the program will be sent to you with your receipt.
About Our Speaker
Steve Gephard is a fisheries biologist with extensive experience with migratory (diadromous) fish that migrate back and forth between the ocean and our rivers. He recently retired from the CT DEEP’s Fisheries Division after a 42-year career which included him supervising the Diadromous Fish Program, which included American eel, Atlantic salmon, river herring, and more. He was the first chairman of the American Eel Technical Committee for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. He remains active in the field after retirement as a consultant, specializing in getting fish migrations around dams either by removing the dam or building a fishway. He also continues as one of the three U.S. Commissioners to the international North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Commission.
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