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Report of the thirteenth session of the Joint EIFAC/ICES Working Group on Eels. Copenhagen, Denmark, 28-31 August 2001.

Year of publication 2003

Pages 70

Author FAO European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission; International Council for the Exploration of the Sea;Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9251049416

Series title EIFAC Occasional Paper

Series number 0258-6096 - EIFAC/OP36

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission/International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (EIFAC/ICES) Working Group on Eels met at ICES headquarters, from 28 to31 August 2001 to finish the work initiated at its 1999 meeting on defining biological reference points for European eel management use. The review of available information revealed that the European eel stock is in decline and that fisheries is outside safe biological limits. Anthropogenic factors (exploitation, habitat los s, increased predation, contamination and transfer of parasites and diseases) as well as natural processes (climate change) have contributed to the decline. Latest recruitment data (spring 2001) indicated a further deterioration of the status of the stock. As management at local level has failed to address the global decline of the stock, the implementation of an international stock recovery plan is of utmost urgency. The Working Group recommended that an international commission for the managem ent of the European eel stock be formed, to organize monitoring and research on eel stocks and fisheries, and to serve as a clearing house for regular exchange of information regarding landings and resource status.

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FAO European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission; International Councilfor the Exploration of the SeaReport of the thirteenth session of the Joint EIFAC/ICES Working Group onEels. Copenhagen, Denmark, 28-31 August 2001.EIFAC Occasional Paper. No. 36. Rome, FAO. 2003. 62pp.

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