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Article: Illegal fishermen in Sussex face jail sentence.

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Chichester Observer (Chicheste, England)
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May 9, 2008
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People who take part in illegal fishing are being warned they risk arrest.

This month staff from the Environment Agency will be patrolling rivers across Sussex to prevent the illegal fishing of elver or glass eels - the names given to young European eels.

There has been great concern about the level of eel stocks in the UK and Europe which have declined as a result of changes in the Gulf Stream, pollution, barriers to fresh water ...

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