13/13
Conclusion: 1 tonne of glass eels → 200 tonnes of adult biomass → $10–20 million potential.
With weak enforcement, poor restocking uptake, and the SEG standard unable to stop this, the European market will remain exploited.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#GreenwashingAlert
8/9
This affects endangered species management, trade oversight, and public trust. Until SEG publishes audit dates + reports, its “sustainable” label can’t be taken seriously.
@CITES
#SaveTheEels
#GreenwashingAlert
4/13
Despite the eel’s status, SEG supports continued fishing, consumption and trade under its own standard. Now, with its ISEAL status suspended and publicly listed, that approach looks reckless, not responsible.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#GreenwashingAlert
3/10
This is basic certification 101. Most responsible schemes automatically mark expired certificates as “Lapsed” or remove them entirely. SEG does neither — they leave outdated passes looking clean and current.
#AgriFish @EUCouncil
@ICES_ASC
#GreenwashingAlert
3/10
The SEG register does not show lapsed it only shows “Pass.” There’s no confirmation whether the certificate has been renewed or re-audited since June 2021.
#AgriFish @EUCouncil
@ICES_ASC @EU_MARE
#GreenwashingAlert
5/6
You can’t lecture others on “trust” and then vanish when your own scheme loses its credibility.
If you want to act like authorities, explain the consequences.
Silence isn’t strength — it’s avoidance.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#GreenwashingAlert
5/11
Where’s the evidence it works? No survival studies, no tracking, no silver-eel return data. Restocking without follow-up is just box-ticking — yet SEG certifies it with no public monitoring.
@ISEALalliance
@EU_MARE @CITES
@DEFRA
#GreenwashingAlert
12/12
For a critically endangered species, “certified fishery” without guaranteed, traceable product is dangerously misleading.
We need real regulation, full traceability, and mandatory compliance — not voluntary labels.
#EelCrisis #Sustainability
#EelTruth
#GreenwashingAlert
2/8
Strengthening biodiversity: By boosting eel populations in these lagoons, the project supports aquatic ecosystem health—eel presence contributes to nutrient cycling and food-web stability.
#GreenwashingAlert
#EelTruth #Transparency
3/11
Certification Changes
SEG’s certificates was updated on 11 November, but after people began reviewing it and asking questions, it was altered again on the 15th. Two changes in four days — why? What were they hiding?
#GreenwashingAlert
#EelTruth #Transparency
7/11
SEG claims certified companies show “best practices.”
But 58% is NOT best practice.
It’s barely “acceptable” — if it’s acceptable at all.
#GreenwashingAlert #EcosystemCollapse
@SIFFCapitalMgmt
@DEFRA @ISEALalliance
11/11
SEG must be stopped from opaque certifications — the critically endangered European eel’s survival depends on transparency. Any shady practices in the glass-eel trade are unacceptable.
#GreenwashingAlert
#EelTruth
@OceanaEurope
@ISEALalliance
@CITES
4/7
Even SEG admits:
“This does not guarantee that 100% of their stock is SEG certified.”
So a trader can sell uncertified eel and still appear on the “sustainable” list.
#GreenwashingAlert
#EelTruth
@ISEALalliance
@Cites
@DefraGovUK
Anunciar una "sanción ejemplar" sin explicar en qué consiste y qué es lo que la hace ejemplar es una #GreenWashingAlert.
