On Monday 8 January, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recommended a coordinated management plan to save the European eel population in the Mediterranean.
The GFCM carried out a comprehensive research programme in nine Mediterranean countries between 2020 and 2022. The results of this work, published in a report (https://aeur.eu/f/aap), provide an overview of eel fisheries, habitats and the...