New policy memo advocates complete ban on eel fishing

At the meeting in December, EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council usually decide on regulation for coming years eel fishery in the union. The last years, this has meant a temporary fishing closure invented to protect migrating eel.

But the fishing closure does not cover the whole migration period, and in not sufficient to protect the increasingly endangered eel, according to researchers at the Baltic Sea Centre. The only decision in line with the scientific advice would be to implement a total ban on eel fishing in marine, brackish and fresh water until there are significant signs of improvement in the entire European population.

The EU should follow ICES advice and ban all fishing for eel (web text)

The EU should follow ICES advice and ban all fishing for eel(pdf) pdf, 1.5 MB.

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