Accelerating the recovery of the European Eel

Save the European Eel: Europe’s own Ivory Trade


Event Details


The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) is organising a panel discussion hosted by Ulrike Rodust MEP & Ricardo Serrão Santos MEP to promote a wider understanding of the issues concerning the conservation and sustainable use of eels. The focus will be on illegal trade, the impacts of such trafficking on the status of the European eel stock and how it undermines ongoing efforts for the recovery of those stocks.

José Antonio Alfaro Moreno, Seconded National Expert, ESOCC, Economic Property Crime Unit
Juan Luis García, Lieutenant of Guardia Civil Spain
Dagmar Ziková, Policy Officer for Scientific Advice on CITES and EU CITES Regulation  European Commission, Directorate General for the Environment
Willem Dekker, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Eel Scientist
Moderated by Andrew Kerr, Chairman of SEG

We would be delighted if you could join us for this panel discussion which will be preceded by an exhibition of eel art works developed by students of the Plymouth University.
REGISTRATION
Refreshments will be provided
Venue: European Parliament, ASP 03 H 01  – 1000 Brussels

Presentations for download:

OPERATION LAKE
by José Antonio Alfaro Moreno, Seconded National Expert, ESOCC, Economic Property Crime Unit

GLASS EELS TRAFFICKING 
by Juan Luis García, Lieutenant of Guardia Civil Spain

THE EU APPROACH TO THE PROTECTION OF THE EUROPEAN EEL 
by Dagmar Ziková, Policy Officer for Scientific Advice on CITES and EU CITES Regulation  European Commission, Directorate General for the Environment

THE IMPACT OF TRAFFICKING ON THE EEL STOCK AND ON ITS MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE
by Willem Dekker, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Eel Scientist



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