The Fisheries Secretariat arranged a two-day conference on the need for joint efforts to save the European eel population.
The event took place in the European Parliament in Brussels on 22-23 March 2007. The aim of the conference was to inform the EU decision on management of the European eel later this Spring, as well as the proposal to list the European eel under CITES Annex II.
The conference was highlighting new information on the status of the European eel population, re-examined available management measures, as well as explored possibilities and difficulties in developing national management plans.
The conclusions of the conference, as well as the conference presententations can be downloaded below.