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If these eels are euthanised, it will be needless killing of a species humans fought to save. This is not conservation — it’s extinction by paperwork.
#EuropeanEel #RiverSevern
#EelCrisis
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Very good report @euronews.com on #IWT in #EuropeanEel - demonstrating how trade continues despite the #CITES listing & Europe-wide bans on export outside the EU #GreenCollarCrime #trafficking #WildlifeTrade www.euronews.com/2026/03/03/g...
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SEGs Deception
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SEG says illegal glass-eel trade dropped 80%.
Reality: these are self-reported estimates, based on SEG-backed studies, not independent data.
#WildlifeCrime #EuropeanEel
@EU_MARE @CITES #EelCrisis
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📣 New paper by Alison Hutchinson on #harms #WildlifeTrade & #EuropeanEel. She uses photovoice narratives to explore understandings of harm & responses to it #PoliticalEcology #GreenCriminology beastlybusiness.org/2025/11/21/n...
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This isn’t transparency — it’s confusion.
A public register that can’t show how much of the trade is actually legal or sustainable does nothing to protect a critically endangered species.
#EuropeanEel #Greenwashing
@ICES_ASC @EU_MARE
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Glass eels are juvenile European eels (Anguilla anguilla), and France is a major hub for their capture and trade. These transparent creatures can fetch thousands per kilo. The species is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.
#CITES #biodiversity #EuropeanEel
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SEGs Reticence
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The European eel is critically endangered.
Stock collapse = 90%+
Rampant illegal trade.
Global concern.
So who’s “protecting” it?
The Sustainable Eel Group (@SustEelGroup) claims to.
But here’s what they’re NOT telling you:
#EuropeanEel #Conservation
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SEG’s model depends on selling endangered eel.
That’s not sustainability — it’s a business model dressed as conservation.
Can we trust the rules if the rule-makers profit from trade?
#EuropeanEel #Greenwashing #WildlifeTrade #EndangeredSpecies #ConservationCrisis
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SEG’s model depends on selling endangered eel.
That’s not sustainability — it’s a business model dressed as conservation.
Can we trust the rules if the rule-makers profit from trade?
#EuropeanEel #Greenwashing #WildlifeTrade #EndangeredSpecies #ConservationCrisis
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Here Laura Gutierrez & I wrote about the #harms faced by #EuropeanEel, focused on #IWT but relevant to the eels in Lough Neagh ⬇️
beastlybusiness.org/2023/12/04/h...
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Lough Neagh is a vital habitat for the critically endangered #EuropeanEel, & is Europe’s largest legal #eel fishery (suspended due to algae). Several factors underpin this toxic crisis - animal agriculture, land ownership, gvt failure, climate change amongst others #NorthernIreland #PoliticalEcology
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European eel, from todays filming and it was very interested in this strange neoprene object that was placed on the river bed, mainly my hand. What a remarkable species they are and always a treat to see and film. Another 4.30am start tomorrow.
#freshwaterfish #europeaneel #rivers
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Really important article examining #harms from @monicapons.bsky.social & @guillemrubio.bsky.social comparing #AtlanticSalmon & #EuropeanEel in #Aquaculture. The narrative of ecological sustainability & reduced pressure on ‘wild’ fish needs a fundamental rethink #PoliticalEcology #GreenCriminology ⬇️
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Nonprofit status is not a shield. It’s not a pass. If the stakes are high, so must be the scrutiny. #Accountability #NonprofitLaw #RegulatoryCapture
@DefraGovUK
@UKGovEnvironment
@BBCNews
@guardian
@CITES
#EuropeanEel
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If you control access to a billion-euro industry, you owe the public full transparency — financial, operational, and ethical. Anything less undermines trust.
#EelTrade #ConservationOrCommerce #NonprofitWatch #TransparencyMatters #EuropeanEel
@BBCNews
@guardian
@CITES
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Excellent piece on #GlassEel trade in @mongabay.com - and as ever @monicapons.bsky.social is absolutely spot on. Eel consumption always relies on wild caught fish, & the valuable trade attracts criminal networks #IWT #WildlifeTrade #EuropeanEel #EnvironmentalCrime
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Thousands of juvenile glass eels, captured for restocking initiatives in the UK
1/ For #WorldOceanDay what could be better than reading up about the enigmatic #EuropeanEel? Check out the work of our Beastly Business research team, #IWT, drivers of #demand and #harms plus eel-y art work beastlybusiness.org ⬇️
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1. European eel from Belgium and Germany exit the North Sea from both the English channel and north of the British Isles, the latter of which is a considerably longer route
tinyurl.com/3ke8tec6
#TrackingNotSlacking #EuropeanEel
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Update from the Beastly Business project: A brand new paper on demand for #EuropeanEel as a driver of declines. A fantastic read by Ali Hutchinson, @monicapons.bsky.social & Aitor Ibanez Alonso beastlybusiness.org/2024/12/10/n...
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After taking some quick snaps to be certain of ID we returned the juvenile Eel as you can see in the short video, now to see if we encounter it in future checks of this panel!
#europeaneel #anguillaanguilla #eel #criticallyendangered #marine #sealife #underwater #marinebiology #saltwaterlife
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While @JackPerksPhoto was filming Bitterlings in Burwell Lode, I was privileged to have my 1st experience of quality time with a European Eel - one a metre long hunting Gudgeon. Also plenty large Pike. #Upware #Chalkstreams #FreshwaterFish #eels #EuropeanEel #Anguillaanguilla 6/7
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Within minutes of getting in the River Wissey, Stone Loach & Bullhead as well as masses of Brown Trout.
Also a beautiful, freshly-dead European Eel. Wonder why it died?
Only other fish, some small Perch, few Sticklebacks & a 1m Pike.
#eel #europeaneel #Anguillaanguilla
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