The European Commission has issued a report on the measures taken by EU countries to ensure the recovery of European eel. After scientific evaluation of national progress reports, the Commission’s report concludes that whilst measures on controlling fisheries have been fully implemented, more needs to be done to manage other human activities and improve river habitats. Despite a significant increase in the number of baby eel produced since 2011, the population at all stages of adult eels remains very low…
MARE Newsroom, 21/10/2014. Read the full release ‘Commission reports on plans to save the European Eel‘.
