Brussels, 06/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - A proposal tabled by the European Commission on Thursday will be the first step towards the recovery of the European eel stock which is highly depleted. Under this proposal, Member States would set up national plans to ensure that 40% of the level of adult eels which, in the absence of fishing and other effects from human activities, would migrate from the rivers on their territories, escape to the sea to spawn. These plans, to be in place by July 2007,...