EIFAC Occasional Paper No.36
Report of the thirteenth session of the Joint EIFAC/ICES Working Group on Eels
Copenhagen, Denmark, 28-31 August 2001
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EIFAC Occasional Paper No.36 Report of the thirteenth session of the Joint EIFAC/ICES Working Group on Eels Copenhagen, Denmark, 28-31 August 2001 |
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2003 |
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This report summarizes the presentations, discussions and recommendations of the Thirteenth Session of the Joint EIFAC/ICES Working Group on Eels, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 28 to 31 August 2001. |
| FAO European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission; International Council
for the Exploration of the Sea Report of the thirteenth session of the Joint EIFAC/ICES Working Group on Eels. Copenhagen, Denmark, 28-31 August 2001. EIFAC Occasional Paper. No. 36. Rome, FAO. 2003. 62pp. The EIFAC/ICES Working Group on Eels met at ICES headquarters, from 28- 31 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 loss, 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 management 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. |
