Accelerating the recovery of the European Eel

EU COM clamps down on eel exports

The eel population in EU waters has dropped by more than 99 percent in just a few decades, and a campaign to reach 40 percent escapement – eels returning to the Sargasso Sea to spawn – has been underway since 2008, including a call for all member states to set up management plans.

 

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