In this position paper, SEG responds to the November 4th 2021 ICES advice

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“SEG realises that the implementation of this plan (The Eel Regulation 2007) needs to be progressed (initial fishing restrictions have been taken, but non-fishing impacts largely still have to be addressed). Let’s not make the mistake to solve the current implementation stand-still, by un-doing the successful first step (i.e. undermining the Eel Regulation) – that would create a set-back of decades. Let’s continue the move forward and fully implement the protection as agreed in the EU Eel Regulation and so fulfil our promise to the eel for a sustainable protection across its distribution area.”

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Read our full response here

For a more constructive analysis of the current situation, see our position on protection and recovery here