Eifaac Occasional Paper

1 total work

European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission

by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Published 30 June 2003

The EIFAC/ICES Working Group on Eels met 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 are outside safe biological limits.