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 that“recruitment 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...