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European eel (Anguilla anguilla) throughout its natural range
The status of eel remains critical and urgent action is needed. ICES advises that all anthropogenic mortality (e.g. recreational and commercial fishing, hydropower, pollution) affecting production and escapement of silver eels should be reduced to as close to zero as possible, until there is clear evidence of sustained increase in both recruitment and the adult stock.
Restocking under the eel management plans is not expected to have contributed to increased silver eel escapement yet because of the generational lag time. The efficacy of restocking for recovering the stock remains uncertain while evidence of net benefit is lacking.
History
Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee
- ACOM
Period covered by advice
2014Series
ICES Advice: Recurrent adviceUsage metrics
Categories
- Fisheries and aquaculture
- All ICES Ecoregions
- Arctic Ocean (ICES Ecoregion)
- Azores (ICES Ecoregion)
- Baltic Sea (ICES Ecoregion)
- Barents Sea (ICES Ecoregion)
- Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast (ICES Ecoregion)
- Celtic Seas (ICES Ecoregion)
- Faroes (ICES Ecoregion)
- Greater North Sea (ICES Ecoregion)
- Greenland Sea (ICES Ecoregion)
- Icelandic Waters (ICES Ecoregion)
- Norwegian Sea (ICES Ecoregion)
- Oceanic Northeast Atlantic (ICES Ecoregion)