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Fisherman Jaap Bond, 61, remembers a time when the eel catch was plentiful.
“It was full of eels here,” he says. “In the good times you could catch 1,000 kilos a day.”
In his lifetime, Jaap Bond has watched the number of eels in the waters off Volendam dwindle to almost nothing.
Now, in an effort to preserve the eel, the Dutch government only permits fishing for four months of the year.
BBC News – Netherlands fisheries: The vanishing eels of Volendam
‘Eel’ not be happy to know this then, but my hovercraft is full of eels:
lol I was trying to remember where that phrase came from. TBH today any European with a hovercraft full of them would be welcomed with open arms at any North European seaport :laugh_at:
@General Lighting 499327 wrote:
lol I was trying to remember where that phrase came from. TBH today any European with a hovercraft full of them would be welcomed with open arms at any North European seaport :laugh_at:
Ha ha, happy to have been able to put an end to your wondering mate. You’re right too, guess you could profit quite nicely from a hovercraft full of them, even a small hovercraft at the moment!
My nipples are burning with delight!
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