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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12166

8 January 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries
Public consultation on revision of Eel Regulation
Brussels, 07/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission launched a public stakeholder consultation on the implementation of the 2007 Eel Regulation from 14 December 2018 to 8 March 2019. 

The stock of European eels is in critical condition, the Commission recalls, adding thatrecruitment is at an all-time low and exploitation of the stock is currently unsustainable

Due to the ineffectiveness of the Eel Regulation, the EU had to adopt fishing restrictions this year and last year to save the eel stock. These...

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