From the Sargasso Sea to Willistown and Back A Remarkable Fish That Tells the Story of our Streams FAR LEFT: Lauren McGrath, Director of Watershed Protection, admires an American eel she found in Ridley Creek at Ashbridge Preserve.
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NEAR LEFT: The American eel hatches in the Sargasso Sea and uses currents to move from its hatching grounds to fresh water in streams, lakes, and ponds along the east coasts of North, Central and South America, from Greenland south to Brazil. After 3 to 40 or more years, they return to the Sargasso Sea where females release their eggs and the cycle repeats. Map courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife.
