Accelerating the recovery of the European Eel

Eel Conservation

Science-led conservation of the European eel underpins all of SEG’s workto support the Eel Regulation EC 1100/2007 for the ‘protection and sustainable use of the stock of European eel’. Our work to conserve the European eel includes: (1) Raising public awareness on the need to safeguard and restore habitats for eel, (2) Developing and running the SEG Standard ensuring responsibility and traceability from source to market, (3) Facilitation and management of projects aiming to improve eel populations, (4) Advising politics, conservation and trade authorities in order to gain global protection and future sustainable use of the species.

Information concerning eel conservation in general.

Friday 6 October 2017

Updates about dam removal activities in Europe

Knowledge network On 25 & 26 September we, jointly with the Environment Agency of England and the Severn River Trust, organized a workshop on Dam Removal …

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Thursday 30 November 2017

Downstream migration of European eel at three German hydropower stations

Downstream migration of European eel at three German hydropower stations Økland, F., Teichert, M.A.K., Havn, T.B., Thorstad, E.B., Heermann, L., Sæther, S.A., Tambets, M. & …

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Friday 20 October 2017

Shining a light on the loss of rheophilic fish habitat in lowland rivers as a forgotten consequence of barriers, and its implications for management

Shining a light on the loss of rheophilic fish habitat in lowland rivers as a forgotten consequence of barriers, and its implications for management Authors: …

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Thursday 1 September 2016

A review of glass eel migratory behaviour, sampling techniques and abundance estimates in estuaries: implications for assessing recruitment, local production and exploitation

A review of glass eel migratory behaviour, sampling techniques and abundance estimates in estuaries: implications for assessing recruitment, local production and exploitation Authors: Harrison A.J, …

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Thursday 1 September 2016

The development of stocked eels (Anguilla anguilla) in previously eel-free Austrian Alpine lakes

The development of stocked eels (Anguilla anguilla) in previously eel-free Austrian Alpine lakes Authors: Essl K., Gassner H., Schabetsberger R., Jagsch A., Kaiser R. Publication: …

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Saturday 8 December 2012

Accelerating the Recovery of the European Eel

Author: Kerr A Source: Venice Conference 2012 Download presentation here

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Friday 7 July 2017

ARTE web series on glass eel fishing, consumption, restocking and trade

ARTE video series: “Anguilles: l’entrange trafic d’un poisson pas comme les autres” Direction: Marcus Pfeil, Stephan Arapovic Author: Marcus Pfeil Episodes (click pics to play episodes) …

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Friday 7 July 2017

VIE tagged glass eels studied in the Netherlands (RAVON foundation)

Click on the Picture to play the video by the dutch RAVON foundation

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