In a report published on 17 February evaluating the 2007 Regulation relating to the European eel, the European Commission says that, despite noteworthy progress in reducing fishing efforts and a concerted attempt to develop a pan-European management framework, the status of the European remains critical.
The Commission states that “the Regulation’s success in ensuring the recovery of the European eel is still far from certain, as it is widely recognised that the recovery of the European...