The Brantevik Eel (Swedish: Branteviksålen) (before 1859 – before 7 August 2014), also known as Åle, was a European eel (Anguilla anguilla) that is believed to have lived for more than 150 years. [1] The eel was released into a well in the town of Brantevik, Sweden in 1859 by an eight-year-old boy, Samuel Nilsson. On 7 August 2014, the eel ...

2014年8月13日 · Last week, a man in Sweden claimed that his pet, a freshwater male eel named Åle, died after having lived for 155 years in a backyard well. But was Åle really the oldest eel to have ever lived or...

The European eel is a critically endangered species. Since the 1970s, the numbers of eels reaching Europe is thought to have declined by around 90% (possibly even 98%).

2025年1月2日 · Formas has conducted the evaluation of the Swedish eel management from 2022 to 2024 in collaboration with a panel of international scientists. The evaluation panel has extensive experience of managing threatened fish species from around the world.

2021年10月11日 · Even the Swedish king is said to have visited Åhus incognito to take part in an ‘eel party’. Ever since back in the 1990s eel was put on the Red List of Threatened species in Sweden. Despite this, there is extensive commercial eel fishing conducted throughout the full life cycle of the eel.

2014年8月11日 · Young Tomas and his family took to their slippery new friend, dubbing him Åle ("eel" in Swedish) and often introducing him to family friends that visited. The Local explains how the eel came...

2024年8月29日 · SLU’s latest report evaluates the current status of the Swedish eel stock and the anthropogenic pressures on it, relating these findings to the goals and limits stipulated in EU Eel Regulation and the Swedish Eel Management Plan.

Over the last 30 years, many eels in Swedish waters have been infested by swimbladder worms - a parasite that probably derives from the Japanese eel imported into southern Europe for cultivation. Furthermore, the eel is also a natural prey fish for cormorants and other predators.

While European eels tend to live approximately 15–20 years in the wild, some captive specimens have lived for over 80 years. A specimen known as "the Brantevik Eel" lived for 155 years in the well of a family home in Brantevik, a fishing village in southern Sweden.

Restocking of eel in Swedish waters. Every year, between 2.3 and 3 million glass eels are released into Swedish waters. Most of this restocking is done by the government, with funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) as part of Sweden’s National Eel Management Plan.