[DOC] [TLE] Eel life history - Wikipedia [PAR] Distribution and size of leptocephali larvae of the American eel, Anguilla rostrata. 
The eel is a long, thin bony fish of the order Anguilliformes. Because fishermen 
never caught ... The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) was historically the one 
most familiar to Western ... 1 Past studies of eels; 2 Search for the spawning 
grounds. [DOC] [TLE] European eel - Wikipedia [PAR] The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a species of eel, a snake-like, 
catadromous fish. ... In the early 1900s, Danish researcher Johannes Schmidt 
identified the Sargasso Sea as the most likely spawning grounds for European 
eels. ... and natural changes in the North Atlantic oscillation, Gulf Stream, and 
North Atlantic drift. [DOC] [TLE] American eel - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [PAR] rostrata), European eel (A. anguilla), ... the American eel is the only species of ... 
waters of the Sargasso Sea, 2 million ... North Atlantic between the West Indies ... 
known as glass eels, are still transparent ... spawn. While some American eels 
swim up freshwater streams to mature, ... eels are the most commonly found fish,. [DOC] [TLE] European Commission : CORDIS : Projects & Results Service : Final ... [PAR] Final Report Summary - EELIAD (European eels in the Atlantic: assessment ... 
The stock of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla), like those of the Japanese and 
American ... sea to ensure that enough eels reach the spawning grounds and 
sufficient ..... area of European eels is located in a single site or at distinct sites is 
still... [DOC] [TLE] Commercially Important Catadromous Fish - eolss [PAR] Keywords: catadromous fish, anguillids, Atlantic eels, Japanese eels, Indo Pacific 
... Anguillid eels is form by 15 species which are found in most areas of Indo 
Pacific ... highly migratory species which migrate first from offshore spawning 
grounds to the .... European and American leptocephali larvae account for an 
important... [DOC] [TLE] The Poetic Life of the Lowly Eel - The New Yorker [PAR] Apr 23, 2015 ... Both are catadromous, meaning that they spawn in the sea but spend their ... 
Most curious of all, every American and European eel is born in the same ... but 
the Sargasso is a two-million-square-mile whorl in the Atlantic Ocean, ... (The 
spawning grounds of the Japanese eel were found in 1991, after six... [DOC] [TLE] Scientists solve the riddle of eel evolution | ScienceNordic [PAR] Aug 11, 2015 ... How the American and European eels emerged as two independent species has 
long ... Both groups breed in the same area in the Caribbean, the Sargasso Sea, 
but ... arose from the sea, separating the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. ... Eels 
have one of nature's most extreme life stories, and there is still a lot... [DOC] [TLE] American & European Eels  The Department of Environment and ... [PAR] American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) & European Eel (Anguilla anguilla) ... meaning 
they spend most of their lives in fresh water and migrate to the sea to breed. ... 
Both species of eel migrate into the Atlantic to breed in the Sargasso Sea. ... 
create a high seas conservation area in the Sargasso Sea, its primary spawning 
ground. [DOC] [TLE] European Eel - Anguilla anguilla - Details - Encyclopedia of Life [PAR] It is still unknown as to where the females lay their eggs. ... As long as the ground 
is wet enough, they can move on land. ... It is thought that all European eels 
spawn in the Sargasso Sea. .... that the European eel population as a whole has 
declined in most areas, the ... Spawning area in western Atlantic (Sargasso Sea). [DOC] [TLE] The European eel (Anguilla anguilla, Linnaeus), its Lifecycle ... [PAR] Thanks to early expeditions on the Atlantic Ocean by the Danish biologist 
Johannes ... Distinctions between the European and American eel are based on 
... The hypothesis that all European eel migrate to the Sargasso Sea for ... cated. 
The American eel (Anguilla rostrata, ..... pears to be the primary spawning area 
for most. [DOC]

Question: This sea, a still area in the Atlantic, is a spawning ground for most of the American & European eels
Answer: the Sargasso Sea