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Less fishing and more value-added

The AFPMAR would like to set out its proposals for making better use of the French glass eel fishery, an important activity for small-scale coastal fisheries in the Bay of Biscay (glass eel sieving is practised by a quarter of the small-scale fishing fleet in the Bay of Biscay) and an important activity for inland

The 2023 – 2024 glass eel fishing season: an exceptional upstream run in abundance.

First results. The Scientific Committee in charge of setting quantitative options for defining the glass eel quota to be fished for the next season had questioned professional fishermen on their impressions of the abundance of these fry in various estuaries along the Atlantic coast. The results of the questionnaire sent out provided qualitative information on

First overview of the 2023 – 2024 glass eel fishing season

The new limitations on fishing periods have been strongly felt in the maritime zone in the UGAs located in the north of the Bay of Biscay and in the English Channel. For the next season, they will be further tightened, and the closed seasons must cover the main migration periods for this fry, as required

A book on glass-eels in memory of 3 professional fishermen who have passed away.

The book ‘Civelles Aturriennes’ is dedicated to the memory of 3 professional fishermen: Jacques Lespine, Robert Subréchicot and Gérard Jeannots who practised their métier with passion and sagacity in the Adour and Gaves basin (South-western part of France). This book is about a species, or more precisely the fry of a species: the glass eel,

Eels: a social, economic and environmental mess.

For more democracy and less technocracy AFPMAR has just published a motion on the need to review the governance of the implementation of European regulation 1100/2007 on the restoration of the European eel. It can be viewed and downloaded below. Two tables below summarise the main milestones, constraints and actions needed to unblock a situation

Once again, recreational fishing is hitting the wrong target.

The leisure fishermen of the Union Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse (UFBRMC) have just published a resolution at their last general meeting on 13 June 2024.To do so in a simple and concise manner, they are protesting against the decree of 14 March 2024 on fishing seasons for European eels in the Mediterranean in marine and continental waters, which

The UMF (Union of French Fish Trade) gives its opinion on the draft French report on the implementation of the Eel Management Plan.

The UMF, one of the key actors in the French eel industry, has given its opinion, which can be summed up as follows: Good, but can do better! While the UMF welcomes the efforts made by the DEB (Directorate for Water and Biodiversity) and the DGAMPA (Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture) to draw

Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of 27 July 2024 of “Implementation of the regulation establishing measures for the recovery of the European eel stock”.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202404214 This document relates to the European Parliament resolution of 21 November 2023 on the implementation of Council Regulation 1100/2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel.It confirms what French professional fishermen have been saying, and has apparently not been taken into account by either our administration responsible for fisheries and

A White Book on the European Eel signed by the official structures of professional sea and inland fishing in France

As promised at the time of its creation, AFPMAR has finalized a draft White Paper, which has been submitted to and discussed with the official professionnal fishing structures: CNPMEM and CONAPPED, as well as with the Association ARA France, which coordinates restocking operations in France. This book brings together factual information on biology, fishing, the

Administrative decisions that penalize the fishing sector even more, without making any progress in restoring the species.

Solutions exist, but administration needs the courage to implement them. AFPMAR had already strongly criticized the authoritarian nature of the European Commission’s opening periods for eel fishing, which are more than limited in time, leaving few opportunities for professional fishermen, particularly those fishing for glass eels, to practice their activity and support their companies (see