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,
Read MoreEels: 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
Read MoreOnce 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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MorePublication 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
Read MoreA 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
Read MoreAdministrative 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
Read MoreThe General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean publishes its report on eels: there is a sharp divergence between the opinions of scientists and fishermen on the measures to be taken
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean publishes its report on eels: there is a sharp divergence between the opinions of scientists and fishermen on the measures to be taken, and considerable effort is needed to improve assessment. On 4 and 5 June 2024, eel experts met at the FAO headquarters in Rome to finalise
Read MoreIs fishing the source of all evils?
The latest meeting (see previous news) of the EU’s Tacs and Quotas Committee once again targeted eel fishing, under unprecedented pressure from environmental NGOs who wanted to make eel fishing responsible for all the ills suffered by this species. Once again, decisions are being taken without a comprehensive analysis of the existing evidence both on
Read MoreDespite what Ethic Océan has to say, eel restocking is not a recent measure and it’s not as bad as all that.
In its latest press release dated 8 December 2023, entitled “Eel restocking: a false good idea“, Ethic Océan confines itself to a series of approximations and inaccuracies that have nothing whatsoever to do with the environmental ethics it intends to defend, to explain the subtitle of its press release “Eel protection measures that are costly
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