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Radio 4,31 Oct 2025,41 mins

Eels and Elvers

The Food Programme

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Dan Saladino looks at why eels numbers are plummeting and asks if the species can be saved. On the River Severn he meets the last of the glass eel fishermen and conservationists. Produced and presented by Dan Saladino.

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